aepps20
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Women's basketball has undergone a renaissance in the last 8 years where more and more programs are investing real dollars into their women's basketball programs. I've watched UCONN and Tennessee my whole life and they won because they had better players than everyone else. Because of the dollar Investment more and more programs can recruit better players. Not to mention the talent is so high right now (so many great players across the country) and they see each other and play together in AAU teams and at U17 and U16 USA basketball teams that many of these young ladies don't want to go to UCONN because they are looking to get playing time. Now that the transfer portal is what it is and NIL deals (especially at the local level) are exploding these ladies are going to programs that fit their style. Flau'jae wasn't even recruited by Uconn and I think Caitlin and Paige were in the same class so Uconn didn't get her. Alyiah Boston chose South Carolina over Uconn and Angel Reese wasn't recruited by Uconn.
Uconn having not run things every year is great for the game. With Paige coming back next year with Azi they will be fine but so many teams are getting better recruits and NIL is balancing everything.
