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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 5078648, member: 1023"] In our current situation, independent G5, being competitive with mid tier P4 teams would be a solid accomplishment. When we get to a P4 league, I suspect we will very quickly climb the ladder to at least playoff eligibility. I had a chance to speak with Jim Calhoun fairly early in his UConn career in an informal setting. I had a cousin who grew up next door to Calhoun in Dedham. He volunteered as a tutor for Northeastern basketball when Calhoun was there. I was the lone UConn guy among a bunch of BC folks so we got on well. I asked the hardest challenge he faced and he said all the other teams knew what was needed to compete at a national level, “even Seton Hall”. (His words, LOL) because they had all done it if not in bssketball than in football but the requirements were the same. UConn needed to learn it because we never competed at a high level in anything. The NIT was part of that process. I think we now know how to do it and when we get the opportunity we will do it again. [/QUOTE]