Boston College was considered by every coach to be one of the three most difficult jobs to recruit to in the ACC, with most of them putting the Eagles last in the rankings. On the plus side, it's Boston -- but that's also a city that cares far more about professional sports than college sports. They haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 2009, they have two players currently in the NBA and their facilities are the worst in the league.
The move from the Big East to the ACC, like Pittsburgh, hasn't helped. Schools with a similar profile such as Villanova, Seton Hall, Georgetown and Providence have been replaced by deep-pocketed state schools in other regions of the country.
"They've had a tough time," one coach said. "When Al Skinner was there with his staff -- and he had great assistants, Ed Cooley, Bill Coen -- they did a great job of finding guys. But it's the hardest place to recruit to in the league. Their facility sucks. They share the arena with ice hockey, so they don't practice on it -- the floor is slippery."
In other words, new head coach Earl Grant faces an arduous task to recruit at the same level as the rest of the ACC.
The move from the Big East to the ACC, like Pittsburgh, hasn't helped. Schools with a similar profile such as Villanova, Seton Hall, Georgetown and Providence have been replaced by deep-pocketed state schools in other regions of the country.
"They've had a tough time," one coach said. "When Al Skinner was there with his staff -- and he had great assistants, Ed Cooley, Bill Coen -- they did a great job of finding guys. But it's the hardest place to recruit to in the league. Their facility sucks. They share the arena with ice hockey, so they don't practice on it -- the floor is slippery."
In other words, new head coach Earl Grant faces an arduous task to recruit at the same level as the rest of the ACC.
