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[QUOTE="B12, post: 3199035, member: 9932"]
LOL.  I just love stuff like this.

So do you think the AAC schools are more well known than NBE to the average person across the country?
Houston or UCF vs Villanova and Xavier?

I was trying to use the West coast as an example to not offend anyone.

I personally think if you asked people across the country to name a player or coach for those teams many could tell you names like Wright, Holgerson, Herman, Oliver, and Frost.  I think most people outside the Northeast would look at you funny if asked to name a player or coach for Xavier or any other NBE schools for example unless you go back to Calhoun or the guy from Georgetown.  But my perspective comes from the central and mountain time zone, although I suspect the South is a similar story as is the pacific time zone.  Texas and Florida I can tell you with 100% certainty that the AAC schools are more popular due to football.  Even though places like Kansas are BB crazy I just don't think they care about the NBE that much, same in Carolina, Kentucky, etc... where again schools like Memphis and ECU are going to be more well known due to football.

In the end as a conference this is probably a downgrade in national attention, but a huge plus on a regional level.
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