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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 3703106, member: 1609"] i think when you look at recruiting in the AAC there is a clear line of demarcation. It was a lot easier recruiting towards the end than its first 4 or 5 teams . I attribute that to Penny snd Adding WSU both things gave basketball in that conference a shot in the arm. Prior to that Aresco simply thought BB an afterthought. UConn actually had awful recruiting for awhile. For those of us around then even the 2010-11 class was viwed as a bunch of misses. Olander and Giffey were fill in players. Lamb had the wrong first name and Bazz was on the small side. Yet they won 2 NC’s. The next year DD was the catch ,Drummond was just visiting and finally RB was a decommit from WVA who was recruited.over at that school. . The next three years were completely dry. New coach iffy league is always a problem. Ollie had to win a NC before he even got a decent class. The program was propped with transfers. His best class was 2016-17 When you add in Larrier on paper it’s a great class. Gilbert, Jackson, Vital ,Durham and Diarra. but snake bite. If Ollie had real success , top ten ,with that class The league we were in wouldn’t matter that much. Of course you lose a kid that wanted to stay closer but you might get a Texas kid. I think the vibe of a program transcends the league. As long as the perception of the league is decent. Having said that the vibe has somewhat to do with the motivation of the base who is much more turned on by the Big East.Recruits are turned on by rabid sell out crowds. Who wouldn’t be? .But it’s still about W’s regardless of what league your in. [/QUOTE]

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