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[QUOTE="sufan, post: 40433, member: 262"]
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The Defilippo article adds only a little light regarding the ACC decision to add Pitt instead of whoever.

All it does is spotlight what Defilippo was thinking: that he didn't want UConn because he was/is rightly afraid that UConn as a large state university would overshadow BC in the New Engand region for media attention and recruits. It also sheds light as to how amazingly non-professional Defilippo is to imply ESPN was anything more than a provider of information about the media potential of potential adds.

The decision makers were the 12 ACC Presidents, including football schools like FSU, Clemson and so on; FSU shortly before the ACC add announced it was forming or thinking about forming an expansion committee to explore its options. Defilippo himself said that this was a football decision. He also highlighted the rumors that the Big 12 might consider offering Pitt among other Big East schools and the ACC felt PA was an important market area. No doubt there were other considerations.

The idea that UConn was somehow vetoed by Defilippo largely resides in his overactive imagination.
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