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Well, interestingly enough, if you look at who has and hasn't been to a postseason tournament recently, we are in the same bucket as two teams who spend markedly more on the sport than we do, and the teams who spend less have all been more recently than we have.
I don’t think you are looking at long enough track record of spending. I attempted to put numbers like that together, but could not find enough data. Also, I would theorize that spending takes a minimum of four years to make a difference, except maybe on a coach.

That being said, I don’t know that it helps the rosy viewpoint of the future. If investing in infrastructure doesn’t pay dividends, then we are solely dependent upon our ability to find a great coach at a bargain price. What does our history tell us about that? I’ll let the reader do the math as an exercise on that one.
 

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Fair but coach L was with Mason for over a decade. And Hewitt wasn’t horrible horrible his first two seasons. So that’s nearly 15 years of pretty good basketball. A solid foundation was laid and it’s reasonable to have higher expectations now.
So, foundation you say? Let’s look at that:
Rabid fan base. Gone
Long history of success. Too old and short to matter.
Facilities. Pretty good at this point with the fix ups at the Bone dome and the practice facility lite.
Administration that is experienced in success or capitalizing on opportunities. Yikes.

I am not seeing a great foundation to build on. Hopefully the kids focus on the proverbial paint job we have put on the program, cuz the rest of it doesn’t look so hot. But, if that is what matters the most to kids, I don’t think we’ll win that arms race.
 
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