Once you have a base of players who can compete, it's a little easier to add the other pieces. If Corey goes; we lose a big piece short term; but imo if we replace him with Tai Strickland; it sets up a back court rotation of Geo, Tai, Mathis and Harper. Add Kiss, Thiam, Eugene, Carter and Johnson and although we haven't seen a few of them, I'm optimistic. If we can also add another shooter like Hyatt and then next year get Mulchay and Massoud, now we are talking. That's a group to showcase going forward. That's what it takes.
The “ZERO sum game” of basketball in the northeast and RU
- Thread starter Scarlet Shack
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So, we've reached the Sweet 16... of the 75 schools I pulled previously 13 have gone on to the second weekend of the tournament. Thought it would be interesting to look at where they got their players from:
Only 6 of the 13 have any in-state players at all.
Texas Tech has 4... their 1-4 scorers are all from TX, #5 is from Illinois, and #6 is from the Dominican Republic
Texas A&M has 4.... their 1-3 and 5 scorers are from TX, #4 is from neighbor LA, and #6 is from Colombia
Nova has 1... #2 scorer from PA, but #3-6 are from neighboring DE, OH, NY, and MD. #1 is from Illinois
Purdue has 1... #5 scorer is from IN. #3-4 are from neighbor OH. Other three are from TX, AL, and Netherlands.
FSU has 1... #6 scorer is from FL. #1&5 are from neighbor GA. Others are from MA, IN, and Colombia.
KSU has 1... #1 scorer from KS. #3 is from MO. Others are from FL, SC, MD, and UT.
Clemson, Michigan, and Syracuse have no in-state players, but each have two from neighboring states.
Duke, Kansas, and Kentucky have no in-state players or players from neighboring states.
Overall, of 78 players...
12 in-state (15%)
18 from neighbor states (23%)
36 from non-neighbor US states (46%)
12 international (15%)
Only 6 of the 13 have any in-state players at all.
Texas Tech has 4... their 1-4 scorers are all from TX, #5 is from Illinois, and #6 is from the Dominican Republic
Texas A&M has 4.... their 1-3 and 5 scorers are from TX, #4 is from neighbor LA, and #6 is from Colombia
Nova has 1... #2 scorer from PA, but #3-6 are from neighboring DE, OH, NY, and MD. #1 is from Illinois
Purdue has 1... #5 scorer is from IN. #3-4 are from neighbor OH. Other three are from TX, AL, and Netherlands.
FSU has 1... #6 scorer is from FL. #1&5 are from neighbor GA. Others are from MA, IN, and Colombia.
KSU has 1... #1 scorer from KS. #3 is from MO. Others are from FL, SC, MD, and UT.
Clemson, Michigan, and Syracuse have no in-state players, but each have two from neighboring states.
Duke, Kansas, and Kentucky have no in-state players or players from neighboring states.
Overall, of 78 players...
12 in-state (15%)
18 from neighbor states (23%)
36 from non-neighbor US states (46%)
12 international (15%)
recruiting has changed and is more National now.
25 years ago kids from NYC and NJ may want to play at a more regional school that was within a 6-8 hour drive.
Now with almost every game on some kind of cable tv for everyone it is no big deal for a kid from NYC or NJ to go to Fl, NC, IN, TN, or even TX or AZ for college.
It is not hard to hop a plane if Bob Hurley recruits you to AZ St in PHX or Purdue or Wisconsin are high on a NY area guy.
Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Louisville (with Pitino), Arizona and a few other schools would recruit nationally.
You also have international recruiting too where schools get kids from Europe that are not pro-ready.
25 years ago kids from NYC and NJ may want to play at a more regional school that was within a 6-8 hour drive.
Now with almost every game on some kind of cable tv for everyone it is no big deal for a kid from NYC or NJ to go to Fl, NC, IN, TN, or even TX or AZ for college.
It is not hard to hop a plane if Bob Hurley recruits you to AZ St in PHX or Purdue or Wisconsin are high on a NY area guy.
Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Louisville (with Pitino), Arizona and a few other schools would recruit nationally.
You also have international recruiting too where schools get kids from Europe that are not pro-ready.
One has to comb through our key people in 2017-18 to find anyone from the NY/NJ area. That's fine. Still want to poach on the DC-Baltimore area talent. For years, Md and Georgetown had their pick, but both programs are a little down. GW used to fill out with European players, particularly when Mike Jarvis was there. Spent almost 40 years in the Maryland area and went to a lot of Maryland games. Would not say the talents is nearly as widespread in the DC-Baltimore area as it is in NY/NJ, but it is definitely worth some assistant shoe leather.
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