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Message: [QUOTE="Matrim55, post: 1957799, member: 3376"] Preseason expectations this year were ridiculous. You don't lose your 3 best players from the previous season and come back strong unless you recruit like UK or Duke. Even Sparty is taking it on the chin, and for largely the same reasons we are. I've said it a million times, and I'll say it again: You don't start winning consistently, year after year, until you start putting together consistent, complete recruiting classes year after year. For a variety of reasons our classes from 2012-15 were either patchwork or incomplete. That's caught up to us this season in a big way, and has been exacerbated by DHam's early entry and the biblical rash of injuries. The good news is that Ollie has now put together two strong, complete recruiting classes in a row, and that for the first time in his tenure his best player (Adams) will return to the team. So next year there will be some sort of continuity, an alpha dog, a huge talent injection, and a dose of experience for a few crucial pieces in both the front court and back court. The point of sanctions is to force a year or two like this on a program. It sucks, but this is very clearly going to get better in the long run. [/QUOTE]