You make a lot of good points. RU-UConn back in early CVS-Rutgers era belonged to UConn for the most part. Although, when the talent was anywhere close to being equal, we were able to beat them. That just didn't happen too often because by that time, Geno had started to rack up the elite recruits(2 and 3 McDs AA per year) . He and Pat(Tenn) would split the best HS recruits each year, pretty much. They were the only two teams loaded up with future WNBA players. When we couldn't match that , they blew us out....like they did everyone else but Tenn and maybe Stanford. Tara has always been able to recruit some elites away from Geno.
Think about this, whenever Viv's had equal or close to equal talent, RU has won their share of big-time games, ....just not THE big one, unfortunately.
Agree with your comments on this years team. I've posted previously that Arella 's pursuit of Big 10 POY and AA Team seemed to be an extra burden that she placed on herself that affected the flow of the teams offense. It took away the organic flow that they exhibited for much of the season. I've said, a million times that she is going to regret that she didn't play through Diamond more. It would have been easier for her to achieve those goals. And T Mack scolding Diamond on TV wasn't a good look because Diamond, imo, may have had the highest Bball IQ on the team.
We haven't had an elite post since Kia V., to be honest. Hollivay had that kind of potential but the medical issue(eye) kept her from being great. Monique Oliver and Stashia Carey were pretty good, undersized bigs that held their own. Last year Jordan Wallace made huge strides but struggled against opposing elite bigs like Tyia did this year. We can't seem to get a game-ready, elite post recruit. Ours come in with potential to be elite but in need of a lot of work(e.g.-M.Davenport).
