To build what the University of Connecticut built in the era of Jim Calhoun requires decades of patience, dedication, and success. To tear it all down, it only took five seasons in the American Athletic Conference.Five years ago, UConn was a rapidly aging train wreck of a men’s basketball program. The shine the Huskies had after winning the 2014 NCAA title under head coach Kevin Ollie quickly faded as the team failed to land big recruits - surely unexcited with the prospects of playing Tulane, UCF, and Tulsa in conference play - and suffered back-to-back losing seasons.But in 2018 - two years into his tenure at the helm of the Huskies’ sports teams - athletic director Dave Benedict made a shocking decision when he fired Ollie. He hired a man who comes from an esteemed basketball coaching pedigree. A man who took a Rhode Island program in obscurity to consecutive Round of 32 appearances at the NCAA Tournament. A man Benedict landed over schools in bigger conferences.
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