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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1994924, member: 1969"] While I liked the Big East, I also grew up as much as an NCAA fan as a Syracuse fan. I know some fans were much more attached to Syracuse and the old Big East which will give them a valid different perspective. So the opportunity to be in a conference with iconic programs like Duke, UNC and Louisville (who was not old Big East anyway) is a better basketball situation for me. More star power programs. Some of the mid tier of the ACC is a little meh, but there was a lot of that pre 2012 anyway, Depaul, South Florida, Rutgers, were terrible games. Providence and Seton Hall had been bad for most of the 10 years and were not that appealing matchups. While Marquette and Cincinnati were nice conference mates, are they really that much different than say Virginia and Miami. While the basketball only schools may be a bit worse off, they did a great job at recruiting new members. [/QUOTE]