Gonzaga crushes Santa Clara in 101-52 win
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I will take my Chico State wildcats over Santa Clara and LMU. Just awful D1 programs. Throw in Cal Poly Pomona as well. Elite D2's have caught bad d1's..... Keating is a clown and a prick.
BTW, USF Dons look pretty solid and Souly Boum could be the steal of the WCC. That kid is putting up big #'s. Maybe they got something going on the hilltop.
UOP is bad also. You can throw them in the SCU class.
BTW, USF Dons look pretty solid and Souly Boum could be the steal of the WCC. That kid is putting up big #'s. Maybe they got something going on the hilltop.
UOP is bad also. You can throw them in the SCU class.
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What are you talking about? Chico state barely beat San Francisco state this season.
What makes Chico state elite? They have never even won the d2 national championship. What is their record against d1 programs the last 5 years? How many of their seniors transfer as graduate transfers to power 5 conference schools?
It amazes me why SCU, USF, Cal and Stanford (to an extent) do not heavily focus on signing local talent. Just look back the past 20 years and what has that produced?!? Smh
St. Mary's clearly outlined their focus on Aussie players and signing local talent too (Jordan Ford, Rob Jones, Samhan etc)
St. Mary's clearly outlined their focus on Aussie players and signing local talent too (Jordan Ford, Rob Jones, Samhan etc)
That’s exactly what I’m saying why don’t they recruit locally? When I watched Santa Clara on yesterday I couldn’t believe the low talent level, it was embarrassing. At least they could have a good barometer on players locally!!!
J24, Stanford is limited by their rigor admission criteria but should still be better than they've been....
I agree 100% with SCU...beautiful campus, great weather and in the heart of the Silicon Valley.......awesome facilities and boatloads of cash.... absolutely NO EXCUSE for them not to be competitive in the WCC year in and year out...
I took a quick look at their roster and the only player with NoCal / Bay Area roots is Henry Caruso (Serra) who I didn't even know had transferred in from Princeton. None of their coaches have any NoCal / Bay Area ties that I am aware of. I would like to see SCU play CCSF which is largely comprised of local players (freshman / sophomores).
Give a College Head Coach 4 years and a full recruiting cycle.
See what he can do with his guys.
Evaluate a college coach after 4 years; I know it is not in people's dna to be patient but you have to be patient.
Also, everyone always says recruit locally.
Every college is recruiting in all areas so local schools don't only recruit here, others do as well.
Colleges do recruit everywhere but each recruit chooses their college for different reasons. Some may stay locally but some don't.
Northern California has good basketball but not great and elite basketball.
Stanford recruits 10-12 kids in the world for each recruiting class and has to get 3 or 4 of them. Their admissions is harder than Harvard's in term of letting athletes in.
The other Division 1 schools in Northern California all have different blue prints and they are all trying to recruit locally but there are only so many guys out there.
Injuries, grad transfers, miss on some recruits has to be factored in.
It comes down to:
- Resources
- Elite level recruiting
- Complete support from admin on so many different levels
- Facilities
- TV exposure
- Head Coach
- Ability to sell your program to kids
See what he can do with his guys.
Evaluate a college coach after 4 years; I know it is not in people's dna to be patient but you have to be patient.
Also, everyone always says recruit locally.
Every college is recruiting in all areas so local schools don't only recruit here, others do as well.
Colleges do recruit everywhere but each recruit chooses their college for different reasons. Some may stay locally but some don't.
Northern California has good basketball but not great and elite basketball.
Stanford recruits 10-12 kids in the world for each recruiting class and has to get 3 or 4 of them. Their admissions is harder than Harvard's in term of letting athletes in.
The other Division 1 schools in Northern California all have different blue prints and they are all trying to recruit locally but there are only so many guys out there.
Injuries, grad transfers, miss on some recruits has to be factored in.
It comes down to:
- Resources
- Elite level recruiting
- Complete support from admin on so many different levels
- Facilities
- TV exposure
- Head Coach
- Ability to sell your program to kids
Caruso is a grad transfer from Princeton who was First Team All-Ivy while he was there. Likely SCU’s best player.
