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[QUOTE="orange2win, post: 1015242, member: 849"]
Indeed you are correct.  It is not an imperative, but pretty close to it.

Here are the stats.  Judge for yourself.  Going all the way back to 1996, the average number of McDAA on each Championship team has been 3.1.  On our last F4 appearance (2013), we had 3 - MCW, Rak and DC2 - which is the right average to win it all.

Over the 18 year period, only one team has won the national NCAA championship without a single McDAA on the team.  Maryland 2002, but we now know they had 4 NBA players on their roster (Juan Dixon, Lonny Baxter, Chris Wilcox and Steve Blake), so they were no fluke.

You cannot win it all without the right amount of talent.  The McDAA yardstick is not perfect, but it works most of the time.

We have the best fans, biggest crowds, best training facilities, superior assistance, premier conference, HOF coach, TV coverage second to none.  So why are these kids choosing to go elsewhere?  Only one answer fits for me.  Zone.  They feel their talents will not be fully utilized in such a system.
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