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[QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 296148, member: 230"]
Their basketball team was overrated. At best they had two legit players. The one year they were ranked, before leaving the Conf., was a fluke due to an extremely favorable Big East Schedule. I assume that the Big East scheduled weak against weak back then. Towards the end of the season they finally had a real game or two which they promptly lost. The only people fooled were the talking heads, casual fans and the pollsters. Its been ages since they made the final 4.
 
To your point, the ACC probably hurt them. We will not be an outlier like they were.  They thought they were going in with us but got blind sided by the Virginia Gov.  The ACC killed their local recruiting.
 
We are much stronger then they were in our respective back yards. The move should not damage our main pipelines like Philly and Detroit and it will help us in Baltimore. In addition, we recruit nationally and the ACC might help us in CA and the SE.  Californians probably related better to the ACC.  With BC and Pitt we are not so much of an outlier, although I would like to add 2 more NE schools.  
 
Did they raise athlete admission standards?
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