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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 302975, member: 40"]
It really is pretty amazing how poorly we recruited [relatively speaking] in the period immediately following the 2003 national championship. The next several years featured teams with tremendous flaws. '04 didn't have a complimentary perimeter threat at 2/3 to space the court opposite GMac, '05 team played Pace out of position at the 3 and we got exploited a lot on the backboards, '06 team never gelled, '07 team lacked a real lead guard, etc.
 
We landed some highly rated players, but many of them didn't pan out as expected. Obviously Devo and Nichols reached their potential, but other highly rated kids didn't live up to the billing. TRob was a warrior, but his skill level never came close to approaching his athleticism. Watkins was actually a solid player for us and a true defensive force, but never developed any low post offense. We got nothing out of the Wright brothers. Mayben busted and never ended up here.
 
Pretty amazing that two of the BEST players from that group--Rautins and Onuaku--are probably the two least heralded recruits we brought in. And pretty telling, frankly.
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