@adbono posted:There are so many regional differences. In Texas there are only 15 D3 schools that play baseball. By comparison, there are 28 NJCAA D1 schools that play baseball and all but a couple would wipe the field with the D3 programs if the played each other. They would hardly even be competitive games. I get the sense that it’s not that way in the Northeast. The uncommitted ‘23s around here are scrambling to find JuCo deals. Not D3 deals. Although more should be looking D3 than are.
Huge differences. D3/D2 and NAIA schools are way more prominent than DI schools in the upper midwest as well. There's also only a handful of highly competitive JUCO's within the upper midwest. There are actually only 4 DI schools within 250 miles of where I live (2 are P5 schools). For kids that want to play DI closer to home, the competition is extremely fierce! My son is the first DI baseball player to ever come out of our high school!!! The few that do go on to play college ball almost all play D3 and don't commit until late fall/early winter of their senior year.