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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now this is betting really hilarious.  [b]The UVA boosters[/b] are using the recent success of the men’s basketball team as a further indication of the greatness of the school.  And I even like their team and their coach but be careful about opening Pandora’s box here with using athletics to prove your points of academic greatness.  UVA isn’t all squeaky clean either.  [/quote]

Only 11:35 said it.  But UVA is no. 1 in basketball and drawing superior players with state-of-the-art facilities is smart.[/quote].

Being good in basketball and winning March Madness will probably equate to more name recognition and an increase in applicants next year and possible the year after that.  BTW Tony Bennett doesn’t recruit the super star players and McDonald’s all American high schoolers, so you’re wrong about that.  Again I do like the team and he current coach so this isn’t a dog on UVA. But be careful with saying UVA is so amazing and drawing the star academics because of a strong athletic program when these boosters are the first to make disparaging statements about UNC, etc and their athletic program.  UVA has had issues too for decades, most major big schools with strong atheletics do.  Some are pretty bad (like Louisville), some not.

I do think a strong athletic program builds on a strong school spirit environment making it a funner place to go to college.  Which can only be a plus. [/quote]

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