Wow...that was my whole point. UCONN hasn't won a championship since and the championship has been an "anyone can" event. UCONN is still very much in the picture but so are many others. The fact that an Arizona team from last year can play for the title is proof that the talent is way spread out.
South Carolina finished the covid interrupted season #1, lost by a bucket in Final Four game last year that might well have been a title with a put back, and is preseason #1 this season. SC will likely be #1 or #2 next preseason.
maybe Dawn gets 0 titles out of all that, but it easily could have been 4 in a row I guess.
or if Fudd is the second best player in country maybe there will be another UConn dynasty.
I don't think the sport is past that possibility at all.
Mulkey and Muffett and Tara and Dawn were all very relevant when Geno got 4. Programs were competing hard, but that group was just too good.
dynasties are very much still in play until early entry becomes a real thing. Imo.