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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3661523, member: 2117"] It's both. Geno's system is obviously very developed and he targets kids who will thrive in a pass heavy high motion offense. Players are unselfish and hard workers. He pushes his players hard and ultimately is as good as anyone at pushing buttons leading to development and getting them ready for the pros. On top of that, the talent level he gets is just flat out a step above anyone else in the country. More often than not, the top recruit in the country chooses to attend UCONN. The last time UCONN didn't have a former HS POY/#1 recruit in the lineup was in 1991, when Rebecca Lobo was a senior in HS. The rest of the starting 5 is typically filled with many top 5-10 kids. Even this last year which felt like a down year talent wise had two #1 recruits, a #3 recruit and a #5 recruit in the starting 5. No other program aside from Tennessee in the 90s/00s has had comparable sustained talent for more than 1-2 years when you look at HS recruit rankings. It's been a perfect storm of a fantastic coach and an overload of talent. [/QUOTE]