MikeDamone
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You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.
Can UW be a power? Define power.
If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.
This may be unpopular, but it's not in the interests of the corporate side of collegiate sports for schools like Washington to be good; simply not strong enough as a national brand. You can hire a good coach and be in the sweet sixteen for a few years, but to sustain long term success is another animal.
It's why I asked Damone to define power. I didn't say UW can be the next Duke or even UCONN/Arizona(Both nothing before Olson/Calhoun).
But if the small schools I mentioned before can make the final four why can't UW? That's my point.
We can't they be...simple. They do t want to be is the main reason.