Yet it has won nearly as often with three freshmen among its top six players.
"Say you have a college with 500 freshmen," he says.
This season is different, with four freshmen and no seniors.
The plan was to start with only freshmen and each year fill in an additional grade.
We've done it with freshmen who've come through and played well.
In the Senate, the turnover was a bit higher, with 9 freshmen among 36 senators, or 25 percent.
Each week the seniors, working in pairs, hold discussion groups with 10 to 14 freshmen.
But only 400 seniors made it to graduation out of a class that began with 1,500 freshmen.
Connecticut finished with three freshmen on the floor and none of its starters.
His team, with three freshmen as the first players off the bench, has improved steadily.