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Message: [QUOTE="ASweet3781, post: 1798560, member: 1926"] The problem is UConn had a head start on a lot of these power schools and never really built the "program" it could have. They made the first 3 Final Fours in '82-'84 (when you only had to win one game to make it). From '85-'15-, 4 College Cups. None since '03. The Power 5 (ACC) schools really didn't start to dominate the sport until this decade. Yes UNC was dominate and that made ever winning one almost impossible but Santa Clara, Portland, Notre Dame all eventually broke through. UConn was usually beaten very badly whenever it faced these top teams suggesting they never really recruited the athlete or assembled the team that could get the job done despite some deep runs. Without a doubt the worst loss because it looked like it could FINALLY be their time was in 2007 to FSU. They had beaten BC and #1 Stanford all on the road in the tournament. They had leads at FSU of 1-0 and 2-1 with less than 10 mins to go yet couldn't hold them. UNC has already been eliminated and a very manageable path of Notre Dame and USC would remain. That was the time to get it yet they couldn't. Things really were never the same after that loss. It very well could have been Len's last chance because nothing suggests in the ten years that follow they can make another serious run. [/QUOTE]