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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 2303066, member: 833"] I love basketball. I coach youth basketball and I still play regularly (albeit at a much slower and more gravity restricted level than in the past), and closely follow both the NBA and college basketball. I have been a UConn fan since I received my acceptance to the school, and used to love talking about the program for hours with anyone that would listen. I have nothing to say about the situation UConn is in now. It isn't so much anger as acceptance. Other than repeating the same complaints that others have made, I have nothing to add. There is no insight or observation left to make. Using a chess metaphor, UConn has not so much lost its queen and both rooks, as the pieces and board have been put away. If we are not consistently making he final 5 cut for borderline top 100 players that we want, then the game is over. Football recruiting happens in the film room and basketball recruiting happens in the living room. Basketball is a much easier sport to evaluate talent than football because there are only 5 players on the court and everyone plays against everyone. This means there are far fewer recruiting surprises in hoops than football. This is true from top tier college all the way to 5th grade travel basketball. This puts a premium on making the sale, and we aren't making any of them. [/QUOTE]