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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 2297477, member: 2844"] Not sure how long "most of my life" really is I've been following UConn MBB since 1964 and have seen both the craters as well as the mountain top. If anyone doesn't think the abolishment of the OBE and the disadvantages UConn faces due to being on the outside of the P5 has had a huge effect is kidding themselves. Recruiting has been hurt by this and attracting the top of the class into the conference is a HUGE road block. Saying "can't recruit" is simplistic - yes they are stumbling with the big fish but who outside the P5 isn't? I personally don't feel UConn is "stuck" with KO's contract. Going from the Yankee Conference to the Big East was as unexpected as getting the cold shoulder when Pitt, Cuse and the others screwed the OBE. You have to live with these peak and valleys. It appears that you and over 50% of posters here are young enough to have only experienced the OBE days and I can appreciate that point of view, however, being as old as I am and being closely tied to UConn athletics, especially MBB and soccer, I can be, in my mind, a bit more tolerant at this point. BTW, this AAC is hurting recruitment within soccer as well. [/QUOTE]