Not at all. You don't think that the other teams in the state haven't been catching up to UConn every year? Maybe they aren't catching up by a lot, but the gap is definitely getting at least a little smaller and not any bigger.
And you guys all think this is a one year thing with UConn being challenged by other teams in the state? So next year UConn will be back to a top 10 or 20 team in the country and be significantly better than the other teams in the state?
I got news for you, I believe it will take UConn at least 3-5 years to get back to where their were the past couple season if they ever get back to winning championships!! I want to see UConn win as much as the next person in this state, but lets not forget Calhoun is not coming back and it won't be easy for whoever is coaching there with these extremely high expectations that just are not realistic.
It can't get any bigger. Seriously, unless UConn reels off 10 straight like UCLA, it can't. Sure it's gotten .0000000000000000000000000001% closer, but the gap is insanely large.
UConn doesn't need to be top 10 or top 20 to not be challenged by the other state institutions. In an absolutely crappy year by UConn standards, last year UConn was a 9 seed or about 36th in the nation. UConn was ranked and is considered somewhere between 30-25th this year.
3-5 years to get a 9 seed, I think not.
In a single game can a CT team beat UConn, sure, its possible. That is the only aspect of this getting closer that I see.
When was the last CT in the NCAAT? I see UConn with 1 NC and 1 more final four since the last CT team was in the NCAAT.
Fairfield in 1997
Quinnipiac never
Central 2007 (hey in the past five years)
UHart ???
Yale - 1962
Sacred Heart ???
When did the last CT win a game in the NCAAT? (I refuse to count pre-1970 in the conversation) LOL
Fairfield in 3x's since 1970 didn't win in any of those 3 trips
Quinnipiac never
Central 3x's never won
UHart ???
Yale - pre-1970 if ever
Sacred Heart ???
When was the last CT team higher than a 10 seed in the NCAAT? (I refuse to count pre-1970 in the conversation) LOL
Fairfield in 16, 16, 13
Quinnipiac never
Central 16, 15, 14
UHart ???
Yale - pre-1970 if ever
Sacred Heart ???
This year:
Fairfield in 3-4
Quinnipiac 2-4
Central 3-3
UHart 2-3
Yale 2-5
Sacred Heart 2-3
UCONN 5-1