Out of state/region recruiting

Most schools will take any player talented enough but the reality of recruiting is, they need to see you play first. So you need to find a way to get in front of them. Arrange to go to a showcase in the area and find out if that school attends that showcase. Then email them to tell them about yourself and your definite interest in their program. As for the West Coast, there are a lot of good showcases for this, such as one of the PG showcases, the Stanford camp, or the Arizona Jr. Fall Classic. My son plays out of state so it happens.

One could almost say that the Mississippi River is a good dividing line in recruiting. There are the exceptions but like Bum said, you gotta be in a place for them to see you.

One rare exception are the WWBA tourneys at East Cobb in the summer where the recruiters and scouts come out of the woodwork to flock to.

As a matter of fact, let's see a show of hands of those Posters on here who has had a son play at East Cobb at least 1 time.

Sound off.

At least 1 time!

Lol - at least one time!

The roster mearly reflects the location in which the coaches have good connections giving them leads on good players.

This is a good question, I think a lot depends on the program and the state. Here in FL, there is state money for good grades/test scores (FL Bright Futures), so it would be in a coaches best interest, scholarship wise, for the recruits to come from within the state.

I do agree that the Mississippi River as well as the Mason-Dixon line is used in recruiting.

Hand raised for EC.

There are more qualified players in California than there are roster spots, so schools out here don’t need to recruit beyond their borders. Do they? Yes, but they pick kids up mainly at the Arizona events that are national. This is also why you see lots of California kids on rosters outside of the state.

YGD, we did not go to East Cobb. We went to the two of the PG National events in Arizona, as we were looking mostly at West Coast schools, and my son communicated with the East Coast schools that were following him to let them know that he would be there. There were fewer quite a number of Mid West schools there. The first one was small, but it is growing and I suspect it will continue to gain ground as a premier West Coast recruiting event.

Possibly 1 time!

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Originally posted by TPM:
This is a good question, I think a lot depends on the program and the state. Here in FL, there is state money for good grades/test scores (FL Bright Futures), so it would be in a coaches best interest, scholarship wise, for the recruits to come from within the state.

I do agree that the Mississippi River as well as the Mason-Dixon line is used in recruiting.

Hand raised for EC.

TPM has cited a big reason Coaches recruit locally, same scholarship advantages for Georgia Coaches recruiting Georgia athletes.

Agree it is a very good question. I think looking at a roster can tell you a lot about a program and its recruiting tendencies. A little bit of research can provide a lot of valuable information.

As BOF suggests, some areas have more supply than demand. CA is definetly one of those large supply/medium demand areas. Also colleges will have a recruiting budget that is either state ($), region ($$) or national ($$$). East Cobb is definetly a national event, as is PG National in AZ. National recruiting schools may go to both PG events and regional schools may only go to one of these events. I wouldn't say a school is against a player from a particular area, they just don't recruit or are familiar with a particular area.

The reason a school is going to recruit nationally is two fold and it all has to do with supply/demand. One, they are looking for elite athletes. SEC, ACC schools come to mind in the East coast. Second, they have academic requirements that can only be met by recruiting nationally (ie Stanford, Ivys....). My son's East coast college team roster has 15 players west of the Mississipi (10 from CA). His college recruits nationally because of the academic requirements, so they attend the Stanford camp along with a bunch of other schools that are in the same boat.

The supply/demand dynamic can work the other way as well. UNiv of Virginia is off the charts in terms of low supply and high demand. They are a top 5 national program, and almost all of their 35 man roster is east of the Mississipi with only two exceptions. There is so much demand to go to UVA that they can get the best supply to come to their recruiting venues. UVA is also financially motivated to provide scholarships to in-state athletes as a % than out of state.....it is less expensive to them and their $ goes a longer way for in-state tuitiion.

So, roster checking is very important IMHO. Reading between the lines to try to understand where programs get their talent and why is also important.

PS..15U once/16U twice/17U twice PG WWBA events

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Originally posted by Prime9:
TPM has cited a big reason Coaches recruit locally, same scholarship advantages for Georgia Coaches recruiting Georgia athletes.

As I stated it depends upon the program. You will find that in GA, perhaps not in SC. Ray Tanner recruits in state and Clemson out of state.

The bottom line is that the better the program, the more the coach can recruit whoever he wants, where ever they live.

Economics, IMO has changed recruiting for everyone. Unless families can afford it, out of state travel is through the roof and has become a big consideration for families, who may be able to afford the out of state scholarship, but not the added expense. In our case, we were lucky a very good out of state scholarship offset the thousands we spent traveling. Make sure that you do LOTS of homework when considering out of state attendance.

I heard one DI coach say that he didn't recruit in a certain region because the kids typically won't leave that region to go to college. I can see that most coaches have to play the numbers game - recruit where you can be successful at getting players signed up.

UVA 2011 class only has 2 in state kids out of 11. Last year they had a few more but again in 09 only 2.

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