Natural recruiting bases is a legitimate one.
by tdiddy07 (2021-04-09 14:48:14)

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That was a potential drawback from the move to the ACC and we were all waiting to see how it would shake out. The 2018 class hit a lot of the same places ND goes after. Our signees since then largely were also except for Tony Sanders from Miami. However, the last three classes have been poor. I do wonder long term how that will shake out.

But of course the rationale was always what could provide a good fit for basketball without putting football at a disadvantage. That isn't a consideration for the current Big East schools. Except of course that UConn has the reverse issue and decided to value basketball over the football step-child.

Just went back and looked at all the Brey classes
by Raoul  (2021-04-10 14:17:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

He really is Midwest, Northeast and then Mid Atlantic but just down to No Va (really more DC and MD focus is most south he gets), and then very occasionally he's done a CA or MO. MD is now Big 10. G'town is Big East. I guess Northeast makes sense given history and BC, Syracuse. But I can't see any VA players south of DC metro, NC, SC, GA and for FL I saw two.

Meanwhile Michigan and Big 10 seems to have benefited from MD joining them. Michigan has taken some kids we might have gotten or had a good chance for in the past. So maybe the ACC-less MD was actually worse for us than a Big East when it comes to MBB.

Linked is an article from 2017 on where basketball talent is geographically.



The proverbial ND "hockey stick"
by Doggie  (2021-04-14 21:31:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The used to be an old adage within the admissions office that 80% of ND attendees came with x miles (forgot what the # of miles were) of the ND "hockey stick."

Chicago to New York City, flip up to Boston, flip down to DC.

I don't know if that holds anymore.
Indy and Chi are 2 of top 7 cities for recrits *
by Pjnuge  (2021-04-11 16:19:20)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

For ND, or in general? *
by BillShakespeare  (2021-04-12 09:55:59)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

According to the referenced article, in general *
by Pjnuge  (2021-04-12 11:24:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The whole recruiting thing is interesting
by Raoul  (2021-04-10 14:01:01)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

ACC quasi membership I think has been good for FB. I wonder how successful we'd be in NC, SC and GA without the ACC relationship. I haven't seen it help as much in MBB or WBB. Certainly I would think it has helped in MLax. Maybe BB too.

I don't sense we have gained BBall recruits from those ACC states (beyond a few from FL). They seem to still come mostly from the Midwest and Northeast and no further south than DC and No VA. But maybe that is just Brey's recruiting comfort zone.

P.S. Marquette had a recent top 100 decommit from NC. Maybe he'd be someone we are interested in (6'9" or 6'10" kid).