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[QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3831346, member: 1559"]
Bottom line is this.  In every conference in either football or basketball, you can only have 3 or 4 heavyweights in a sport, although the 3 to 4 can slowly change over time.   (Remember when Tennessee was one of the elite football teams in the SEC?)

When the Big East was founded, the heavyweights were Georgetown, St. John's, and Syracuse.  The heavyweight group then transitioned to UConn, Syracuse, Pitt, and Louisville.  Now, the Big East heavyweights are probably Villanova, UConn, and ?.

In the ACC right now, the heavyweights are Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, and Louisville.  Look at Syracuse and Pitt's conference standing over the past 6 years:

Syracuse:  8th, 9th, T7th, T10th, 6th, T6th.

Pitt:  T9th, T9th, T13th, T15th, T14th, T13th

It will be hard for Pitt to dig out of the ACC cellar.  I do think Syracuse, once Boeheim retires, could compete for the upper echelon in the ACC again, but as we know, coaching hires can be very risky.
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