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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 4214710, member: 60"] I'm a bit confused as to the rooting stuff. First, in general, I'm all for more money for Syracuse. Sure, that's great. No doubt. But, in reality, I'm never going to root for Duke. Just won't happen. Unless maybe if they are playing UConn or something. I dunno. Duke has been eating everyone's lunch in terms of recruiting. And they've broken away from the rest of the ACC in terms of talent. I don't think that's good for the rest of the league. Syracuse, UNC, LVille need to level up to be right with them. They've also gotten away with seemingly serious potential recruiting violations and K is not some saint. Which is fine, we're all human and college basketball isn't some bastion of purity that I look to for guidance in morality. Separately, I'm not sure what our past has to do with anything. If K helps JB get his wins back, great. But that helps JB. If K goes to bat for JB during our second probation, great, but 1) that's history and 2) we still got probation. If K has staved off a third probation for us that we don't know about, great. The ACC stunk this year. UNC got better as the year went along and it makes sense they are having a run. Duke is really talented. Makes sense they are in the S16. UM is the cinderella that has decent talent, a good coach and plays hard. But I will not root for Duke. I'm fine if UNC and U of M do well. All for it. But I cannot and will not root for Duke. We're Syracuse, while I appreciate all the benefits of the ACC doing well, I expect us, as a tier 2 school in the college basketball landscape to take care of our own house and keep it in order. The day I have to root for Duke to help float us vs just being a regular fan that can hate Duke is the day we admit to stop being a top program. [/QUOTE]

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