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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1755565, member: 405"]
Hey, I'm sorry I "lost all credibility with you" over that statement.  I take a much longer view than you. Over the years, the few big time recruiting battles we got into with them included Rudy Gay, a long time ago.  Was UConn a finalist for any of those guys listed above?  They might have wanted people, but I don't recall any of those guys being there at the end when their classes were decided.

If you look at who they have taken in their last 4 classes, I don't think there is a single one of those guys that we were after.  That's what matters, not who makes somebody's early list when they list every top 50 player - especially UConn, where Ollie seems to put out 20 or more offers per year.  We are much more selective in who we recruit.  You see it in the number of offers we have outstanding; it's not very many. We focus on guys we identify and we stick to them for a long time.  UConn casts a wider net; that doesn't mean that they get any better or any worse players than us.  It's just what is.

So, no, I don't see many of their guys in their last 4 classes who were guys we really focused on.
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