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I don't doubt that B has a positive impact on recruiting, but Hopkins pretty much does all that right now, correct?

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To my knowledge, since 95, Hopkins has been credited with recruiting G-Mac and Billy Edelin. I don't think I have to list all of the other SU stars that have come to SU over the years but Jimmy B is one of the main reasons recruits come to SU. He's got a track record of getting guys ready to go to the NBA and recruits do care about that stuff.

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I think Mac is correct here. Hopkins is the one on the recruiting trail getting the kids to come here. Yes Boeheim is the guy that they come to play for, but Hopkins and to a much lesser extent Bernie Fie are the guys recruiting. I'm pretty sure most of the current roster...Devendorf, Harris, Greene, Flynn are all Hopkins recruits.