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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 3149821, member: 6357"]
Agree that the sanctions and probation and uncertainty around JB’s retirement and the Hop transition is ultimately where the problems stem from.  But the 2005-2008 period wasn’t anywhere near as mediocre. I wasn’t on this board then, but I didn’t feel beleaguered about the state of the program. We’d just won a natty (the ultimate prize), made a S16 and recruiting was on the upswing with Flynn, Harris, Green, etc. We won the Big East tourney in 2005 and 2006!  We were a number 4 ncaa tourney seed in 04-05 and finished third in the Big East regular season. Yes, there were two first round flameouts but one came during a very good regular season. 2006-07 was an NIT year but it’s widely seen that we got shafted by the NCAA selection committee. And in 2007-08, we didn’t make the tourney but we’d just brought in a top recruiting class with Flynn, Green, Scoop and Rick, plus Harris the year before and Devo in 05-06. Not to mention a good base of 3 star guys like AO, Andy etc. It feels different now, especially when guys like Battle and Brissett, who weren’t even drafted, decide to leave early to play pro ball.

I do feel good about this year’s crop of freshman. They need to put together a momentum-building season, at the very least sneak into the tourney, and then have Elijah, Quincy and everyone else to stick around next season to really get things going.
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