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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1736356, member: 2585"]
Good post.

Here's where I think the criticism starts to not make sense. All of the schools you mentioned are largely outside of a natural recruiting ground (Duke is probably the slight exception) that's as good as our is.

Why are we fighting with these schools for NE kids? Because their is more than enough championship caliber talent in our own geographic area. Kansas is a national recruiter because it has to be. Midwest talent wouldn't take them to where they want to be.

We understand this in football. It's why the road to a championship (yes I said championship) is much, much harder in football than it is basketball. There's a reason Villanova, UCONN, and a host of other small NE schools can get enough talent to compete with the blue bloods for championships. And it's not all the west talent.

It's not a cut and dry case because talent can always be better, recruiting nets wider - but I think there's enough "locally" that it's not worth the complaining.
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