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Message: [QUOTE="Methalius, post: 5204527, member: 13213"] As I had stated in August of 2024 when people were throwing out predictions of winning a 3rd title in 3 years, we need to have patience with this team. Yes, this team has been a disappointment. Yes, this team has flaws and arguably could be considered under achieving but do not write off Ross and Stewart and the Freshmen other than McNeeley. Give them all time to develop and grow into big time players. A lot of kids who can score end up being considered "big time" recruits and are expected to come in immediately and to replicate their High School or Prep performance in College. Everyone matures and grows at their own pace. Not every young man can be Stephon Castle and immediately be the player that everyone is expecting or projecting them to be. A lot of the Underclassmen were asked to do things that perhaps is not something that they suited for. Clearly Aiden Mahaney is one of them. He might perform well in a St Mary's environment where there is no spotlight but coming to UConn and being expected to defend and run the offense? Clearly he is overmatched. Everyone has a down year. This is UConn's. Despite their disappointing season, it's not over. They can still make a run. Do I expect it? Absolutely not. I am giving Hurley and his staff a pass. You can't win every year. I firmly believe that they will end up being a National Title Contender in 2025-26. [/QUOTE]