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[QUOTE="olehead, post: 3881787, member: 4474"]
I played in the old Metro against / Cinci (Louis Banks, Levertis Robinson), Fla. State (Doug Edwards), Southern Miss. (Clarence Weatherspoon (probably best player in league)), Memphis (Elliott Perry & Ernest Smith), so decent talent but lacking publicity. During that time, if you weren't in the Big East or the ACC, the coverage lacked major appeal and most players recognized that playing in the Big East meant playing on a big stage.

I bring up the Metro because in many ways it's a forerunner to Conference USA  and variations thereof leading us to the current AAC. You can't deny that good ball is played in the league and there is some talent, not great talent, but the league lacks coverage. It lacks appeal. Only a real hoop junkie can identify the best player in the AAC or the top players for that matter. That is simply not the case in the P5 plus Big East. I'm curious to see whether the AAC will shake that small-time, misfit basketball legacy. Tough task.
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