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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4214632, member: 591"] If you have "support" for your program - and the financial and facility resources are there - then in fact any program can aspire to be near the top of their conference. For many years, in spite of a "history" NC State was completely unspectacular. The issue with La Tech, ODU and Montana - ultimately - is a lack of resources that enable them to compete at a national level. Montana is a bit of a red-herring to your argument. They were not an ODU or LaTech competing at a national level; they just had a very good coach and won their conference every year. They were not otherwise particularly notable. I have this argument with some Rutgers fans. There is no reason that Rutgers has a claim to being a final four contender at some point in the future. But, like Virginia, Purdue and Penn State, with the right coach that possibility is there, because the resources are there. [/QUOTE]