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To: Bill who wrote (199)	4/7/2004 1:56:54 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 213

Unlike an NBA coach, a successful college coach has to be a strong recruiter. The lure of coming to Connecticut is that we don't have any local pro sports teams and thus lots of attention is paid to college athletics. Every men's and women's basketball game is broadcast on TV and every game is sold out in advance. Many UConn grads go on to have successful careers in the NBA and WNBA. Success is the best advertisement for selling success. Obviously it wasn't always like that, which makes what UConn did that much more special. I think you'll see similar improvement in the men's football team now that the new stadium is open. As for UConn itself, when I was college age, to be honest, we all considered it a "safety school." I can't even remember if I applied there. Thanks to the basketball program, the place is busting at the seams with new construction everywhere. UConn now has a very good academic reputation, applications are way up and supposedly it's now the first choice on a lot of lists of where to attend. Hats off to them for making such progress. - Jeff

To: Bill who wrote (199)	4/7/2004 11:30:28 PM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213

Bill...looks like we have to disagree about this.<g> Although I'm glad that you've come around on the Boeheim thing. SU 2003 National Champs...congrats to UConn our Big East brethren for keeping it in the family. Okafor and Carmelo....two years in row the nation's best college basketball player comes out of the BE Conference. Your post seems to indicate that you're of the opinion that Syracuse University has no great amenities or academics. As an SU grad I beg to differ.<g> The Newhouse School of Public Communications is highly rated......Ted Koppel, Bob Costas, Mike Tirico, Sean McDonough, Dick Stockton, Marv Albert, Len Berman, Marty Glickman. To name a few. Also.... Maxwell No. 1; Harvard No. 2 April 02, 2004 By Nancy Buczek Staff writer Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs edged out Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government as having the nation's top graduate program for public affairs in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. U.S. News ranks public affairs programs every three years, based on a survey of deans, directors and department chairs. Maxwell has been consistently ranked as having the best graduate program for public affairs in the country since 1995, topping universities such as Duke, Georgetown and Princeton. When the magazine last ranked public affairs, in 2001, Maxwell and the Kennedy School tied for first. The full listing of America's Best Graduate Schools is available online today. The 2005 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" goes on sale Monday, said Richard Folkers, director of media relations for U.S. News & World Report. (you have to jump through a registration hoop to view the site/link usually) syracuse.com