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Message: [QUOTE="Charliebball, post: 2686402, member: 6831"] You're right on almost all counts...........I did not attend UConn..........my wife went to UConn undergraduate where I used to visit her frequently and before that my brother went to UConn so I have some affinity for the program dating back to the mid 70's...........the UConn "way" as I would describe it involves the recruiting of the best players that have the skills and the mindset to play ultimate team basketball, offensively and defensively.............that Geno spends day after day, month after month, year after year in practice teaching, praising and criticizing his players, giving them court time only when they have earned it, until they are a finely honed unit capable of playing basketball at a level seldom seen in WBB...........it seems to me that UConn recruiting has had a few hiccups (I will not criticize individual players) which has led to the situation the team finds itself in today...........would you not agree that having a player learn under Geno for four years is optimal and the norm and that taking one year graduate transfers is a direct reflection of the less then perfect recruiting situation? To me it's a break from tradition and I hope that it's not a sign of things to come.........enough said on my part [/QUOTE]