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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 33753, member: 405"]
It's not fear, any more than it's fear of Rutgers with respect to football recruiting. It's a fact, there are so many elite recruits in the Tri-State area. It's no accident that we've been forced more down into Philly, Balitmore and DC to get our hoops players. We've been shut out of the tri-state New York area as UConn has gotten better.

Let UConn languish in a mediocre league after Calhoun retires, and their job will become a stepping stone job, and they will slip into an A-10 quality program. You (or someone else above) talks about Pitt, G'town, St. John's all having their turn on top and we shouldn't have to worry about anyone but ourselves.

That's completely missing the obvious - those other teams were all Big East teams, they weren't UMass post-Calipari; they weren't Temple after John Cheney. Do you think Jay Wright will stay in the Big East for the next 10 years now? I kind of doubt it. And even Big East teams who once had their day, like Providence, St. John's or Seton Hall, will never become a top tier school again like they used to be.

Past success is no guarantee that future results will remain the same.
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