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Message: [QUOTE="navery12, post: 3191605, member: 6271"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.zagsblog.com/2019/06/22/uconns-move-to-the-big-east-will-boost-recruiting-coaches-say/[/URL] Some very encouraging quotes in there: [I]“For a top-50 guy like Jabri [Abdur-Rahim], that obviously makes UConn a totally different option,” said Blair Academy coach [B]Joe Mantegna,[/B] who hosted the Mid-Atlantic Independent School Shootout that drew Hurley, Syracuse’s[B] Jim Boeheim,[/B] Virginia’s [B]Tony Bennett,[/B] Pitt’s [B]Jeff Capel[/B] and Cal’s [B]Mark Fox[/B], along with a slew of high- and mid-major assistant coaches. “The Big East has a lot of sway around here and obviously I know that that puts UConn back with the same company that they were always with,” Mantegna said. “And people our age think of UConn as a Big East school, and I think that changes everything for recruiting for Danny.”[/I] [/QUOTE]