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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5023969, member: 1969"]
I'm not sure if its been that dazzling prior to the last 2 or 3 years (at least going back to 2012).   2023 and 2024 are really the only two really good teams they had all that period.  I don't see what they did between 2012-2021 (or even 2010-2022) as anything we would want to emulate in terms of program performance.  Because teams that do that aren't going to get as lucky in March.

I agree with the OP that Hurley has now taken UConn back to being a dominant team   He has clearly elevated the program from where it was.  Them winning the NC is not a major surprise mor filled with breaks now.    Where the 2023 and 2024 teams fit the profile of a truly dominant team, rather than a team that is remarkably lucky in March like 2014 (and 2011 as well).   Last year even as a 4 seed, they just felt dominant from the beginning, and this year they were dominant all year.

Is this our goal over our next 10 regular seasons? (UConn between 2012-2021)
Make the tournament 4 times, miss it 6 times.
Get seeds as follows - 7,7,9.9
Have a 3 years in a row where we are below .500

Sure they got a national title in there, but  99%+ of teams that follow this path over a 10 year period are not sniffing a national title.   If we get a 7.7.9,9 in the next 10 years we are not getting a national title either, and likely not even a FInal 4.

Our goal could be what Hurley has done to re-elevate the program.   But I don't think we want to learn a single damn thing from what they did between 2010-2021.  Getting 2 national titles out of that was luck.
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