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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1364996, member: 285"]
You have to look beyond just this year.   I don't think Duke recruits players from anywhere in particular.   I think they select players and then go get them.    Duke has recruited McDonald's All Americans from TX, FL, IL, MN, PA, VA, NC, NJ, TN, CA, OR, IN, NY and DE since 2005.   Those are the cream of the crop players and they are able to pull them in from 14 states over the last 10 years.   I think that shows they can go anywhere they want and recruit.    Looking back even further they've had them from AK, MD, NM, LA.

Since 2005 ours have come from six states NY, PA, RI, FL, MD & MI.    Since the beginning of time, in addition to the states mentioned, we've also had one from CA.

I think our recruiting is limited to our region along with a couple of additional sweet spots and the occasional outlier.

It's funny we compare NCAA tournament results and lament that our results aren't as good as some.   When you throw in the difference in caliber of recruits, is it a mystery as to why our NCAA results don't keep up with Duke and Kentucky?    Are K and Calipari great coaches because they are able to win with superior talent or are JB and others superior because they do more with less.

[U][B]McDonald's All Americans since 2000 (Nat. Championships in parenthesis)[/B][/U]
33   Duke  (3 - 2001, 2010 & 2015)
30   UNC ( 2- 2005 & 2009)
25   Kentucky  (1- 2012)
17    Kansas  (1 - 2008)
14    Texas
13    UCLA
12    Ohio State
11    Florida  (2 -  2006 & 2007)
10   Arizona
9     Michigan State  (1  - 2000)
9     NC State
8     Syracuse  (1 - 2003)
8     Indiana
8     Memphis

6     UConn (3 - 2004, 2011 & 2014)
3     Maryland (1 - 2002)
6     Louisville (1 - 2013)

@ I used 2000 as the breakpoint because the McDonalds stats I saw grouped them that way.   It also did not include any 2015 recruits in the numbers.
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