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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4094176, member: 833"] Losing the NYC pipeline was HUGE. When Pitt left the Big East, they were no longer going to regularly play in the Big Apple, and then they became just another team recruiting New York City, like 50+ other major conference programs. There is basically no talent out of western PA, and Pitt has to slug it out with the Big 10 for what little talent there is. Ohio does produce some players, but there are a lot of teams working that ground. Good luck getting a kid to come from Virginia or North Carolina to Pittsburgh. When there are so many good ACC and SEC programs plus Maryland, Georgetown and Villanova that are closer and have better programs. Dixon saw this as soon as the move happened, and bolted soon after. [/QUOTE]