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[QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3646020, member: 34"]
You keep dying on the "BE teams didn't flourish til UConn left" hill and that's a really bad take.  Even passionate UConn fans are aware other BE teams had significant national success before Calhoun.  Oddly enough, UConn not being successful in the BE actually led UConn to make a coaching change.

Do you not know anything about the 1980's?

That was when the BE started on national TV and flourished.  There was G'towns three Final Fours in four years.  Hoya Paranoia?  
There was the 3 BE teams in the same FF.
There was 'Nova winning a national championship.

All that happened before UConn even won the NIT.

The BE didn't need UConn to flourish for the conference to flourish.

Now, did UConn have a longer and stronger string of success than any other BE program?  Absolutely.
Did UConn carry the BE banner when several other marquee program floundered?  Absolutely.  
Does UConn have the chance to reclaim that status?  Absolutely.
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