The seeds of this team and the programs demise had been setting up for a while - assistant Nick Marachuk who did most of the recruiting had left, and Gavitt didn't replace him with a real assistant. Gavitt's eyes and attention had turned to the Big East. Besides Garris, other recruits who would made big difference (like Alex Bradley, etc) slipped through their fingers, and many of the recruits Gavitt did bring in were not D1 quality.
The seeds of this team and the programs demise had been setting up for a while - assistant Nick Marachuk who did most of the recruiting had left, and Gavitt didn't replace him with a real assistant. Gavitt's eyes and attention had turned to the Big East. Besides Garris, other recruits who would made big difference (like Alex Bradley, etc) slipped through their fingers, and many of the recruits Gavitt did bring in were not D1 quality.