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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1650813, member: 1969"] Good question -- a few theories, but the best answer in general may be a bailout one -- luck. These programs have had good teams in the past and also suffered for a string of years as well. Maybe it's just good timing right now that as a group they are on the upside -- I can't see them sustaining a 26-17 record against the P5. My only theory is that being out of the old Big East some of these schools focus on the top "B" level prospects and don't try to compete as much on the "A" level kids, like they probably thought they needed to. And focusing on the top B's is better than getting shutout on the A's. Just a theory, and one that I have no proof for. EDIT -- as pointed above for Providence, Cooley seems like a factor. [/QUOTE]