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[QUOTE="leftytg, post: 2322516, member: 2651"]
I was at my wife's office Christmas party last year (she works in the athletic department at a Big 12 school).  I was chatting with one of her new co-workers.  The guy had recently come aboard after having worked closely with Anthony Davis for several years.  When he found out I was a big Syracuse fan he really opened up and we talked hoops for a long time.  He was from the Midwest and played D1 at a Pac12 school.  Said all throughout high school all he dreamed about was getting a UNC offer and/or a Syracuse offer.  Said one of the best days of his life is when he got a letter of interest from Syracuse, though they never actually offered a scholarship.  He got to play in the Carrier Dome (back in the Carrier Classic days).  He spent a bunch of time around USA basketball because of Davis and raved about Hopkins and how great of a guy and coach he is.

Anyway, I knew I had to ask and I waited for the exact right moment to just directly ask - so how much DID Kentucky pay AD to come there?  We all know he was coming to Syracuse until something happened.  He broke out into a huge smile, laughed, winked and nodded but said he couldn't answer that.  He did say that AD was all about Syracuse when Syracuse was on him early and he wanted to commit early, but Syracuse wouldn't take the commitment.  After he blew up and attracted more interest, Kentucky did what Kentucky did and he ended up there.  This guy, though, swore up and down that had Syracuse let him commit, that AD was the loyal type that wouldn't have broken the pledge even if there was a bag.

take it FWIW.
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