re: Miss State womens basketball

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ESPN has nothing to do with it. Geno's the best coach, the best recruiter and the best at developing talent in woman's coaching. They have a strong family atmosphere with ex-players being involved and the best hs players want to go to Uconn to experience the success, just like many players want to go to Alabama for football and Kentucky for men's basketball.

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ESPN has nothing to do with it.

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Why do you think Pat stopped scheduling Huskies?

ESPN flipped Maya Moore for Connecticut. It was not the first time they did this, nor the last. If ESPN had not formed in CT, do you really think Uconn (men or women) would enjoy the success they have enjoyed?

Not saying Geno is not a good coach, more like what would UCLA men have done without Sam Gilbert influencing who Wooden got as players. Have you ever seen "Blue Chips"? While set in the modern era it is pretty much the Wooden / Gilbert years at UCLA.

Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles before ESPN formed = 0
VS
Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles after ESPN formed = 21
(6) Men = 4 basketball + 2 soccer
(15) Women = 11 basketball + 4 field hockey

John Wooden pre Sam Gilbert
.746 @ Indiana State (2 seasons = 44-15 and 59 total games)
.695 @ UCLA (15 seasons = 285-125 and 410 total games)
.702 = 17 seasons / 329-140 / 469 total games

John Wooden with Sam Gilbert
.922 = 12 seasons = 259-22 and 281 total games

The same Sam Gilbert who became the agent for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lucius Allen, Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby, Bill Walton and Swen Nater. The same Sam Gilbert who gave clothes, cars, cash, and women to UCLA players. If the same had happened at Kansas or Indiana they would have given the schools the death penalty. If it had happened as openly at Kentucky the NCAA would have burned Memorial to the ground and salted the earth.

70% is respectable, but jump to 92% is suspicious, especially when overlaid with the Gilbert influenced years.