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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 2551911, member: 5832"] It's hard to say. I think we're definitely in a much better place. I think people really shortchange the psychology of being left out of realignment, but more specifically - having so many valued rivals ripped away from us. No Villanova. No Syracuse. No Georgetown. No Pitt. Even with the lower dregs of the conference, they still drew well enough and traveled that there was history and interest in those games. I'm not on board with the recuiting issues. I'm just not. We've taken a hit - for sure - but we're still recruiting well enough to be a consistent top 25 team every year and we almost run circles around everyone else in the conference. We should be better than we are. We're probably in a better spot talent-wise, but with the coaching the way it's been - it's hard for me to envision it being demonstrably better from a results standpoint. The 15 team wasn't a tournament team. The 17 team had tournament caliber talent, but failed in every possible way. This team is a mess. 1 or 2 more talented kids help all those teams - but i'm not sure they help enough. Where the big issue is - with revenue. Fans aren't interested in the match ups in this conference, even the better ones. And the big match ups don't travel. We play teams like Syracuse on neutral sites. It's hard to maintain that level of interest. So it's killed us at the gate. And then the TV revenue is absolutely a game changer - even if we were just in the new Big East. Figuring out what to do with Ollie wouldn't even be much of a concern. I don't think the buy out is as big a deal as people think it is - but it's certainly a non-factor if we're in a better conference. So yeah - we're def. better off. But i'm not sure we're better off in the ways people think we are. [/QUOTE]

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