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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 33766, member: 837"]
I'm not exactly sure I agree with this. If conference affiliation is so important then why have SU and Nova mined a ton of talent out of B-more while UMD and G'town have struggled to recruit their own back yards (at least consistently) when they have both been reputable programs in big-time conferences? Yes, Temple plays in the atlantic 10 and they haven't been a force with big name recruits since the days of Mark Karcher (sp?), but they have been to 4 straight NCAAs, won 55 games the last two years and lost in OT to a 1 seed last season.

Plus, how do you explain the teams that have had sustained success outside of power conferences? Butler, Gonzaga, Xavier, Creighton, Memphis (obviously not the same since Calipari, but still preseason top 10 this year)? Or to a lesser extent schools that are pretty tough most years and have made some nice runs at the big boys in March (VCU or Wichita State, etc.)?

Finally, with the schollie limits, even if some of the schools like Nova, Uconn, etc. wane, it's only going to mean that those players are going to other area schools. All of a sudden NC State is tougher or Georgia Tech or BC, etc.

To me, as long as JB and Hop are here and SU is posting 20+ win seasons, the question in recruiting is more about the type of kid you get, the way he fits into the system and team fabric, etc. and less about pure talent.
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