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[QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 867446, member: 230"]
The ACC is changing before our eyes.  It is now a football conference with a decidedly top heavy basketball component.   
Counting Lousiville, there are only 4 top basketball teams.  I would not count on Pitt surviving without their thug defense.  Notre Dame has been respectable but that is mainly due to one or two players delivering more than expected.  Will their luck continue?

It has been stated in this forum that the rest of the ACC will improve due to the influence of the new blood.  It could well be the opposite.  ACC bound top flight talent now has less reason to go to a second level team.  Similarly, the Big East never helped Rutgirls or DePaul.

UCon would be a good basketball addition.  Despite their lack of a frontcourt on this years team they are still recruiting at a high level and have more potential than the pitiful basketball programs that are the bulk of the ACC.

In football we are at the other end of the stick, we are the ACC second tier.  Even with our improved recruiting we are not comparable to FSU, Clemson and several other ACC teams that are stocked with the highest ranked players.  With the way good coaches jump ship, the road to becoming a perennial top 20 is daunting.

All this makes me even more thankful for JAB and his loyalty.  It is the difference between the fate of our basketball and our football programs.  Our basketball team is so rock solid that even after JAB retires it will continue as one of the Nation's best.
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