No team will ever do again what UConn has done the last 25 years. NIL and the Transfer Portal are going to really fragment the market and spread talent around.
From 1980 to 2009, 12 non-major conference teams (Big East, ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, SWC, Pac 12) made the Final Four. Three of those were later vacated (Calipari and 1985 Memphis), and most of the rest were Tarkanian and Louisville. In the next 13 tournaments there have been 11 non-major teams in the Final Four, and Butler (2010 and 2011) and Gonzaga (2017, 2021) were the only repeats. It is a surprise, not a shock, when San Diego State makes the Championship game.
Throw tradition out the window. Kids want to get paid, and they will go where they can play because that gets them paid. It will be really hard to build and maintain dynasties in this environment. UConn may be the last blue blood.