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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 2940099, member: 668"]
I find this to be an excellent post.  And, in regards to the highlighted, good luck getting a transparent answer to that fair question.  Naturally, 3 lost schollies/year had an affect, but truly to what extent?  Seemingly, it's convenient to say sanctions costed us dearly or a crushing blow in recruiting, but I also haven't seen (other than the aforementioned Huerter) who we specifically lost [I][U]solely[/U][/I] because of the sanctions.  Even Huerter can be argued that if we wanted him bad enough, we could've given that one last scholly we had left that year to him.  But, we got the commitment from Battle, and Huerter was a similar type position player, so we held out our remaining scholarship for a different position player/recruit, whom we ultimately didn't land either.  I can't recall who it was at the moment without delving back into the archives.  That being the case though, is why we attempted to persuade Huerter to prep for a year, which he basically laughed off and shortly afterwards committed to Maryland.

As Jay Bilas said after the sanctions hit, since Syracuse typically only plays approximately 7 guys, the 3 lost scholarships, albeit nothing to sneeze at, wouldn't be a significant detriment to the Orange as far as their on court performance went.  He mentioned, however, it may affect the practices because of the reductions.   Alsacs has also mentioned even in these sanctions years, we still had scholarships available to give.  That being the case, I am really curious who we lost [I][U]solely[/U][/I] because of the sanctions, versus those recruits simply not being interested or ultimately choosing other schools they simply liked better.
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