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PawlOski's avatar

I for one am stoked. This was the next best option to a B1G invite, and though I admit I have many suspicions as anyone about the impact of travel on our competitiveness, you can also make a case that we'll have a better opportunity to compete and succeed in the ACC than we would in the B1G. First off, not enough has been made of the fact that this is just a massive, massive upgrade for mens bball -- like getting an SEC invite in football. Calford are now the first and only teams on the west coast that can guarantee trips to Duke/UNC, Syracuse, Louisville, etc. year-to-year. We'll absolutely be a player in west coast recruiting once again. Football-wise we'll be the featured 7:30pm ESPN game every other Saturday evening like clockwork. And we'll have a path to the playoff in a conference where 15 of the 18 schools are roughly our competitive equivalent. Culturally, these schools make sense and add value. I want to travel to all of these cities/campuses. While we will be behind from $ standpoint, even the most cynical part of me (roughly 98%) believes there is a plan to close that gap between our own finances and the competitions'. It would make no sense to go through this otherwise. And though this has been painful and will continue to be as valued programs are cut, the message has been received that we need to be competitive again--not only at the campus level, but also at the Regents level. That can't be understated. It's the beginning of a new age.

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OldSoCalBear's avatar

Avi, kudos and thanks for keeping these posts coming, despite the dearth of actual news. Its nice to have a place to discuss the situation.

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