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Message: [QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 2462222, member: 6845"] That Tennessee comparison is apt at this time for us. I don't give a flying ... what the "rankings" say. It's more about recognizing talent and potential regardless of where high school hoop hounds think kids are ranked. Yes, in the top 15 or so you definitely have highly talented players who are likely to play in the NBA. But if you can recognize talent and potential outside of that top 15, then [I]teach[/I] them basketball and [I]develop[/I] their individual skills, you can make a lot of noise. However, if you're bringing in kids with talent who are unable (or unwilling) to learn basketball on both ends of the floor and work to improve on their deficiencies then you've got nothing. It's also the case that if you're unable to teach basketball, and/or unable to motivate players to improve individually you've also got nothing. Now obviously with the last 25 years of Husky basketball we don't just want to make noise. But I'd settle for that this year. [/QUOTE]