Why are you even here? I know Connecticut is a shithole, but there has to be somewhere you can find others that share your enthusiasm for UConn basketball.
Cal failed at Kentucky over the past few seasons and the entire basketball world knows this. His recruiting prowess is tarnished, he’s older than most coaches and no longer has the Kentucky prestige to help him pull players
Hopefully, this season is unique with needing a complete roster from the portal. I think Pope will start to build this program with multi-year players and select Freshman and only need to find a couple of guys from the portal each year
The one thing Cal can get credit for is that his recruits all seemed to be good, high character guys. We never really had some of the issues with players that other elite programs have experienced
If NIL and the transfer portal is allowed to exist without some regulation, college basketball is over. This is way too much, too fast, and no one knows the rules