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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You can go to a Final 4 with nothing but CJ Roberts level recruits.
It's not the easiest, most direct path, but those kids with just enough rough edges to their games to need 3-4 years in college are going to be better than any 1 and done by their SR years. That's why NC just won the title - they brought back most of last year's squad and it showed in all those pressure situations in the tourney.
Roberts re-upping is a great sign. That's a guy that had very few ties to this team and had every reason to re-open yet didn't. He and his family loved what they saw here and stayed. If Cuonzo can get a handful of good 4-star recruits every year, he can have this program as a perennial Sweet 16 threat and at that point you're just a few lucky bounces from getting where you want to be (which is all you can ask in college basketball, with its midget 3 point line and whistle-happy officials).
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I'll take your word for it. I'll be the first to admit I know jack and shit about the intricacies of college basketball and what it would take to become contenders year in and year out. If anything else, it's at least not a complete embarrassment to be a Mizzou basketball fan anymore.