In the last 10 years we've only been good when Ayo Dosunmu, a Chicago player, has been our best player.Last 10 years, how many?
We can't continue to live 30+ years in the past! Players we are recruiting are 18 years old and don't care about 1989 or 2005!
At the tail end of the Weber era, we made the tourney in 2010-2011. That team had McCamey and BP, both from Chicago area. Also Jereme Richmond, who didn't pan out for us. We next made the tourney in Groce's first season, 2012-2013, with a team featuring BP, Nnanna Egwu and Tracy Abrams, from Chicago. Then we proceeded to miss the tourney every year until we got Ayo.
Edit: I dont know which great teams in the last 10 years we've had without Chicago players. If anything, our lack of success in recruiting Chicago in the pre-Underwood era correlates with a lack of success on the court