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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2229703, member: 40"] It shouldn't. Seattle is 2700 miles away from Syracuse, he'll need to focus his attention on building up his AAU network on the west coast, and because he won't have deep personal relationships with as many northeast recruits moving forward. That doesn't mean that UW can't pull a recruit here and there from back east, but it is going to be a much more difficult sell than it is right now. Hopkins has already invested a lot of time [in some cases, years -- literally] building a relationship with some of these NE recruits as a function of recruiting for Syracuse. Those AAU contacts won't go away, but he won't be able to maintain them to the same degree from the opposite coast. He's going to need to get in good with west coast AAU programs, including the powerhouse programs based out of the Seattle region. [/QUOTE]