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[QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 2952115, member: 4623"]
Back in 2016, UConn won the AAC tourney, went to the dance and even survived to the second round.  If some here feel some residue glow from that accomplishment, they certainly don't express it regularly.

Point is, UConn is about NC's, and hence the goal of this season, or any season, is to win the NC or take some measurable step toward that goal.  Since UConn has no chance to win the NC this year, there is no requirement that it make the tournament.  The goal of the season is to take the measurable step.

I submit that the measurable step is to develop a cadre of 8 players, thoroughly schooled in the Hurley ethic and the Hurley style of play, to which can be added a recruiting class of five 4 & 5 star players.  All we need see on the floor is progress toward developing that cadre.  The won-loss record will only be a way of measuring it, incidental in itself and heavily dependent on just how good Houston, Cincy, UCF, Memphis, Temple and Tulsa turn out to be.  A 20-11 record going into the AAC tourney (9-4 pre-conference and 11-7 conference) may not get us into the NCAA but may well indicate "goal achieved" for 2018-19.
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