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<blockquote data-quote="orientalnc" data-source="post: 214190" data-attributes="member: 1199"><p>NC State, UVA, and Pitt all have larger fan bases than Duke or ND. ND has a huge football fan base, but basketball is much less so.</p><p></p><p>But, I don't know if fan base or attendance is really the correct criteria. Basketball programs have cache based on how well they are perceived by basketball fans, to a certain degree, but especially by prospective players. </p><p></p><p>Example, Matt Doherty was not a good coach at UNC, and his record was far below what UNC expected, but UNC was able to push Doherty out and get one of the top coaches in the country to come to UNC in spite of the heavy handed way Doherty was pushed out. What, other than history, would make Roy Williams think UNC would be a better job than Kansas. Yes, he played at UNC, but Kansas is a great program as well.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of Duke sidewalk fans all around North Carolina. I have relatives who barely graduated high school who are avid Duke fans. They have never attended a home game or contributed a dime to the program, but Duke is "their" team. When Coach K retiress, Duke will have no problem finding and hiring a top coach, but it won't be because those 9,000 fans who show up at Cameron are a large fan base. Also, as a side note, it isn't all that hard to get tickets to Duke home games as long as they are not playing UNC. I have seen us play twice at Cameron and saw Maryland with Juan Dixon play Duke the year Shane Battier won POY. The students camping out for free tickets leaves the impression that every Duke game is sold out. That isn't the case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orientalnc, post: 214190, member: 1199"] NC State, UVA, and Pitt all have larger fan bases than Duke or ND. ND has a huge football fan base, but basketball is much less so. But, I don't know if fan base or attendance is really the correct criteria. Basketball programs have cache based on how well they are perceived by basketball fans, to a certain degree, but especially by prospective players. Example, Matt Doherty was not a good coach at UNC, and his record was far below what UNC expected, but UNC was able to push Doherty out and get one of the top coaches in the country to come to UNC in spite of the heavy handed way Doherty was pushed out. What, other than history, would make Roy Williams think UNC would be a better job than Kansas. Yes, he played at UNC, but Kansas is a great program as well. There are a lot of Duke sidewalk fans all around North Carolina. I have relatives who barely graduated high school who are avid Duke fans. They have never attended a home game or contributed a dime to the program, but Duke is "their" team. When Coach K retiress, Duke will have no problem finding and hiring a top coach, but it won't be because those 9,000 fans who show up at Cameron are a large fan base. Also, as a side note, it isn't all that hard to get tickets to Duke home games as long as they are not playing UNC. I have seen us play twice at Cameron and saw Maryland with Juan Dixon play Duke the year Shane Battier won POY. The students camping out for free tickets leaves the impression that every Duke game is sold out. That isn't the case. [/QUOTE]
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