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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2657768, member: 285"]
Nova has had 2 championships.   Clearly they've had more team success than we have over that period, KUDOs to them!!!    I am jealous of the team success they have had, just like I was jealous of the team success that UConn had with 4 championships between 1999 and 2014.

With UConn I would say they recruited at a higher level than we did during that time frame.   I can think of a number of players they won head to head against us.     With Nova, I'm not ready to say that is the case.   I think the pieces that they have recruited recently fit together much better than those that we recruited did.

In some respects I think the transfers were a function of the sanctions.   When we had misses our roster wasn't deep enough to hold onto the misses, so they were moved along.   Also JB's style is not to bring mediocre players along.   Generally, you have an opportunity to contribute at the beginning of the year, but if things don't click JB shortens his rotation and your playing time is gone.   I'm not sure that Jay Wright's coaching style is as unforgiving in that regard.

If BJ had stayed for four years, would he have been considered a miss, or would he have looked more like DNic or Rak...guys who had outstanding senior years after being up and downn prior to that.   If Moyer had stayed four years, I think he would have been viewed as a contributor by the time he left.

Am I expecting a top 20 class??    I don't know how to answer that.  I expect JB to bring in a strong class of kids, I don't really care whether they are a top 20 class or not.   I hope we have a class that fills out our roster and includes some great players, both guys that can contribute immediately, if needed, and guys that might not contribute until down the road.    I try not to get caught up in the rankings.
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