buckeye_in_sc wrote:If Rick Barnes didn't get up in Dean Smiths face there is no way NCSU fans would want him...I mean he had some good teams at Clemson and didn't do much with them...why would he leave Texas? Texas can pay him and he has got a great class coming in this year...oh well who cares...
Dunno about the first part of this post. But I would submit that all things considered, NC State has a better basketball tradition than does Texas. Of course, Texas can probably afford to match any offer NC State makes, and they have the advantage of being top dog in their state, whereas NC State will always be little brother (at least in basketball) to UNC. But given Barnes' background and the aforementioned tradition edge to NC State, who knows?
Calipari may be more realistic, and he'd be a good pick. He's been to the Final Four once and the Elite Eight twice, both times with teams from either, depending on one's perspective mid-major conferences or conferences from the low end of the elite level. So going to the ACC would be a step up in that regard.
ACC = DUKE and CAROLINA...if NCSU fan thinks they will ever be on par with them they are fucking crazy...
Read Coach K's autobiography sometime. In it, he mentions that NC State's improbable title run in 1983 occurred during his first season at Duke, when he lost 17. He credits Jimmy V with saving his job, in that the local media was so focused on State that they forgot about him.
Coach K won't be at Duke forever. Hard to say where that program will go when he leaves. But there could be a void in the ACC in that event, and if so, State has as good a chance as anyone else to fill it. Just sayin'.
