As much as I hope I'm wrong, I think recruiting in NC is going to be VERY difficult.
It's a much more extreme version of our situation Upstate.
We pretty much have always gotten the Upstate recruits we've pursued, with Sam Perkins probably being the big one that got away.
But our hold on Upstate recruits is nothing like the hold UNC, Duke (and to a lesser degree) NC State & Wake have on the top NC kids.
Playing for those teams is what they live for.
I lived in Durham for a few years.
It seems inconceivable that we'd really have anything to offer NC kids that they wouldn't think is better on their home turf.
Everything from our program to the weather to our campus (I've never been to Wake, but the other 3 are much nicer than SU).
Again...I'd love to be proven wrong on this.