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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 5680114, member: 204"]
Our record over the past few years has nothing to do with the conference affiliation.

It is a reflection of sub-par talent acquisition.

While some may feel that the Big East, as it was when we left it - with the likes of South Florida, Cincinnati, Rutgers and DePaul - had “cache” I tend to agree with Boeheim that the glory days of what we originally created were long gone by then.

It would seem hard to argue that our recruiting issues over the past ten years are related  to the fact that we now play NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, Miami, BC,  and Louisville - programs that have a decent amount of “cache”

I certainly don’t buy that.

And, I suspect that splitting BB away from FB - with football competing in anonymity- in the American Conference - would not have helped matters.

And, the notion that the issue of money is a trifle - that has no bearing on basketball success, is a tough one to accept. Especially in the age of NIL.

It’s not easy transitioning from a legendary coach who might have stayed a bit too long.
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