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[QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2691672, member: 6911"]
Just think that in terms of cache, NC State is and always will be second-tier.  They might find some good players.  But in terms of wanting to go to a top-tier school, Virginia has it all over NC State.  And Clemson for that matter.

Virginia is a top name academically, and also competes within the ACC.  So I think that for a very bright kid who wants both a great program, which Tina Thompson could provide, and a great school, which Virginia has been for a quarter millennium, there isn't much competition.  It's UVA versus Duke versus UNC.

Of course, there are the powerhouse SEC programs.  But Tennessee is down for the count.  And do great talents really want to wallow in South Carolina?  Virginia is near Washington, D.C., which should be a plus in a number of ways.

Just think that Connecticut could be impacted by a Tina Thompson program at Virginia.  But also other programs- Tennessee, South Carolina, Duke, UNC.

But we'll have to see.  Being a great player doesn't mean one becomes a great head coach.
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