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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 292060, member: 40"] That perspective is laden with truisms, with little evidence to support that there is a correlation. When we were in the golden era of the late 80s, landing #1 caliber recruits like Derrick Coleman and Billy Owens, who were the guys we had in the NBA? Rafael Addison? Danny Schayes? Louis Orr? And yet, not having a plethora of NBA stars didn't seem to negatively impact recruiting or prevent the program from landing elite blue chip talent. The NBA visibility factor is consistently overstated on this board, IMO. Of course it doesn't hurt, but the benefits are exaggerated by some. Recruiting HAS already become selection to a large degree in recent years. I also don't get the Cal / UK comparison--they have a completely different recruiting model than us or any other school. No other program emulates that approach. [/QUOTE]