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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 30976, member: 569"] I can see some fans being less interested in the home schedule when they look and see a bunch of school names that they are not used to playing. Lets break it down though. UNC & Duke will always draw a crowd and excite the fans. Even in down years they will still be Duke and UNC and they will always have big name coaches even after K and Roy are done. Pitt is always going to draw a crowd and them coming with us will likely strengthen our fan bases connection with each other. BC is a traditional longtime conference apponent for any fan who's 25+ years old. BC should benefit from Pitt and SU to the ACC and I expect the longer UConn is in the BE the more they will benefit with bball and fball. They will probably never challenge us in bball but they can improve and become a good team again. MD will become a rival IMO. They already fight us for bball recruits (at least out of their backyard) and they are more east coast geographically than any of the original ACC schools. I think we will beat up on them pretty good for a few years but they are going to be a team that is important for us to be better than as a program and I think fans will grasp that. NCST, WAKE, VIR and Tech are all teams that will benefit from the eventual crumble of the BE as a THE east coast bball power. They will start to get a better quality of players over time and become much better programs IMO. Clemson, FSU and Miami are fball schools and that alone will bring fans out to watch us smack them in bball since it may be a while before we can really compete with them in fball. I think the really big thing is that an unstable BE bball league minus two of its elite programs and with (UConn, Lville and WVU) 2 elite +1 really good program trying to get out (not to mention those 3 really good coaches) makes the ACC a more desirable destination for big time eastern talent long term. It also will make it the place to coach as the middling and lower level schools get better and better talent. This move will effectively kill the BE as a bball power IMO (may still take some time) and it has already moved the ACC into the position of best east coast bball conference especially with the media. [/QUOTE]

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