After all the posturing is said and done, baseball still is mostly a regional deal.
This probably is a factor of the 11.7. It takes a lot of money to get a family to send their kid cross country. Of course, it happens. But many can't/won't do it for book money.
My son would not be at the school he attends if not for baseball. And (knock on wood) he has two semesters left after this fall.
Fit is important, but sometimes it's overrated. Fit is what your kids makes of it. I'll bet many of us define "fit" this way:
If it "fits" my budget, that's where you're going, son. Make it work.