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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4817725, member: 1414"] Look, the knock on us during those years is that we'd be really good but every 4-5 years would miss the tournament. Often that was because of how Calhoun brought in big freshman classes. Without the portal we had too many teams that were overly young and not that good. I didn't like that approach then and I don't like it now. For what it's worth, Hurley isn't doing it that way and the portal means you can fill roster gaps with experienced players rather than huge freshman classes. Look at next year. We have two recruits to fill 4-5 spots. Calhoun would have offered a bunch of 4* and intriguing 3* guys and we'd have 5 freshmen. Because of roster turnover, he would have had to play them some. That era still exists for some P6 and mid-majors who lose their good players in the portal, but schools like UConn aren't doing that anymore. Lower tier P6 and mid majors are now our farm teams. [/QUOTE]