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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 4432752, member: 1673"] One important variable is how well a recruiting class fits a program’s needs. In this case UConn has a short roster so a large class fits our needs well, particularly since their talents/positions spread out well and we can use reinforcement at each position. Indeed, if you now count Brady along with this incoming class it is near perfection in terms of filling allthe various needs. But you cannot recruit a 5 player class every year and real perfection would be a class of 3 elites, with all talents/positions covered over each two year cycle, with some hardworking role players sprinkled in. Recruitment will never be perfect for even the most elite programs and too much elite talent sometimes concentrate in too few talent/position needs, subtracting chemistry if anything. Much was made by some of our string of number ones from Samuelson to C. Williams, but they were all of the SG/SF talent/position needs. Meanwhile both our PG and C needs were filled by elite but undersized talent for their positions. More striking was a recruitment stretch by Tennessee when they were constantly getting the most elite, athletic talent, but the overlap and skills lessened the value. This variable of filling the existing roster need would be impossible to rank, outside of just focusing on maybe the top ten programs for any particular year. Each program’s fans can be aware though, and its easy for a UConn fan to be excited about our class for next year, especially when you throw Brady into the mix. [/QUOTE]

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