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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4656588, member: 833"] Brain fart on 1995, especially considering that should have been UConn's first title. I don't think people appreciate how wealthy and powerful Stanford alumni are. Stanford would not need to go "all in" on hoops. They could go 5% in, and it would be enough to build a powerhouse. All they need is a handful of tech or VC billionaires to make Stanford hoops their pet project, and they would be a force. Stanford was not willing to do what it took to compete in the pre-NIL world, but now that it is not cheating anymore, they might. As for the Ivies, don't sleep on them. They have a lot of rich alumni with huge egos that can write massive checks. If Harvard or Yale ever decided they wanted to compete in hoops, they could go toe-to-toe with anyone. The SEC was dominant in football and good in basketball because it was willing to cheat at a level that other schools were not. Now that it is not cheating anymore, watch out. There is no way that Auburn or Mississippi or Mississippi State are going to be able to compete in the long term. They don't have the cities, the alumni money or the local corporations to go up against a Texas or Georgia or Michigan, or a UConn or Pitt for that matter. I said when it happened that Texas and Oklahoma going to the SEC was a panic move, not a power move. The SEC has money now, and is trying to lock in their status before NIL swamps them. [/QUOTE]