NKR1978
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For the thousand time; if recruits want to play in the ACC they have a host of traditional ACC teams to choose from that are more representative of the ACC than Syracuse. When we were Big East, we got a good share of the best players who wanted to play in the Big East. We represented the Big East, along with UCon and GT. The ACC downturn in recruiting was predictable and inevitable. I shouted it from the rooftops. Those that thought recruiting would improve due to ACC affiliation were sadly mistaken. We made a pact with the devil although we had little choice.
This doesn't make sense. We had a great class signed in 2015...and then we got hammered by the NCAA. That punishment was meant to hurt us, and we never recovered. The luster was off the program. It makes even less sense when we've been in the ACC for 8 years and the kids we're recruiting were 7 or 8 when we last played a Big East game. I seriously doubt kids today know that we were ever in the Big East beyond seeing some clips on YouTube.