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Message: [QUOTE="ConnHuskBask, post: 2460718, member: 632"] I think I've moved on to acceptance. We may find sustained high level success again, but the odds are against it. I don't even think it's so much a UConn thing as losing a legendary Head Coach makes it damn near impossible to repeat what you had once done. Indiana, UCLA aren't dominant players year in year out and they are considered "blue bloods". UNC was fortunate they got Roy Williams to come over from Kansas, but even they weren't immune to losing for a couple years after hiring Matt Doherty. When Coach K retires from Duke, do you think they'll make Final Fours every damn season? How about Izzo and Michigan State and what will become of Louisville post Pitino. Point being - if you're going to judge UConn based on 4 year cycles of: 1 missed tourney, 2 really good teams, 1 great title/final four team, you may need to adjust your expectations. I think there's no reason UConn can't be in the NCAA mix every season and be top 25 more often than not - but it's going to take true, genuine coaching. We aren't going to win simply because we say we're UConn and that's enough. It may been in the past, but not anymore. *Edit: you used in the collective sense. [/QUOTE]