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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 4469934, member: 8594"]
Weather was only part of what I was getting at with our location.  We’re not terribly close to any large or exciting cities.  Those 3 schools you listed are much closer to large cities.  That’s not the be all, end all, but it does matter in terms of the pool you can recruit from with the ‘stay close to home’ pitch and also the entertainment factor when they’re here.

Then there’s the matter of family being able to see games.  The kids from DC, NYC, Philly used to be able to come to Cuse and then play a dozen games close to home.  That whole recruiting pitch is gone now.

Our facilities are elite.  Most ACC schools have elite facilities.  So our facilities can win us recruiting battles with some schools but are unlikely to differentiate us much from schools we probably consider to be peer schools.  Some here might be surprised at how the Melo Center compares to other schools.  It’s very, very nice.  They have very, very nice things, too.  And I’ve mentioned that the Dome is only a draw when it’s filled.  For that to work as a recruiting tool, you have to get recruits to envision games when there are 30k in there.  That’s been harder to do as the team has sucked more and more.

We have some recruiting advantages but we also have disadvantages that get glossed over.  I’m convinced we’ll get back to being a perennial top 25 school, though.
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