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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 2188425, member: 1958"]
I think that can get a little tricky though. Someone might've said this earlier in the thread but telling a kid that you wouldn't be able to see the floor at Duke but would be a big piece of what we do here indirectly and subtly reinforces his "Syracuse is a tier below Duke" paradigm and kinda just boosts Duke .

Honestly, I hope the staff just tells him there's an opportunity here for you to step in and see major minutes, play to your strengths and play at a great program. We have great facilities, strong track record of getting kids drafted and on Saturday's in the winter there is no better atmosphere in college basketball than the Dome when a ranked team comes into town.

Maybe it will be enough, maybe it won't but I think that's our most effective approach. We'll probably never look "better" than Duke to him but if we can show him we still have plenty to offer and we can help him have a great career and be successful hopefully it resonates enough.
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