(03-23-2015 04:13 PM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  

(03-23-2015 10:20 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  I'm just glad Georgia State has something they actually accomplished to hang their hat on.

I think the patience of many of us had worn thin listening to the "we're relevant because of Atlanta" and similar talk. I think they've realized that true attention and relevance comes from what you accomplish, not to mention how good it feels when you actually achieve something that no one thinks is possible.

It's going to be interesting to see how they build off of this, and more notably, if they get better than they were these last 2 years. Unfortunately, with the way people are, there can't be any dropoff or your accomplishments will be disregarded in a short amount of time. By proxy, it should push the rest of us to improve to try and take a piece of what they have away from them. Many have commented on the additions of App State and Georgia Southern being a catalyst to force the conference to improve in football, maybe what Georgia State has done will push the conference to do the same in basketball.

I think they could become a solid mid major basketball program. They should leave football to the team that has the championship formula that has worked for the last 30 years.