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Message: [QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 2009501, member: 57"] UConn's program was on the rise per my OP well prior to the Donyell situation. Yes, they took advantage of our probation and got there a bit sooner by getting Donyell, but he was just one of several of their early big-time recruits that they were able to land. No one kid makes or breaks a program or a process. I think, back then, they were after exactly the type of kids that we snub our noses at now, but that nonetheless we badly need to supplement our current roster. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we need a roster full of those types of kids, but two or three who would bust butt and put playing D first would really help IMHO. In actuality, if there was any one recruit who put them over the top & helped them to turn the corner, it was probably Chris Smith and not Donyell. [/QUOTE]