Hot Stove: UNC Basketball

[Rock]

I like that “stock market media“ seems to have stolen Sherrell‘s update word for word.

 

[donbosco]

I like that “stock market media“ seems to have stolen Sherrell‘s update word for word.

You think it is another Sherrill account?

 

[Rock]

You might be on to something. Isn’t Sherrell’s day job in the finance world?

 

[superrific]

I never realized how much Luka looks like Seth Trimble.

 

[Bigs23]

I truly hate this.

Thanks, trump.

 

[Carolina Fever]

Thanks, trump.

What a bunch of bull.

 

[donbosco]

 

[Peppers49]

Did a double take seeing Bacot without the dreads.

 

[mpaer]

Did a double take seeing Bacot without the dreads.

Leaving College has it's downsides for sure

 

[donbosco]

No idea who this poster is but this is an interesting statistic (if legit).

 

[mpaer]

No idea who this poster is but this is an interesting statistic (if legit).

Thanks for the link
Weird that Durham-Chapel Hill is third I get it that it is per capita

 

[donbosco]

Found the data: Where are NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball players from?

 

[superrific]

Found the data: Where are NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball players from?

As cool as this is -- and obviously NC is the basketball mecca, which only becomes more obvious when considering the quality of players -- it's more or less worthless without considering the number of DI programs in the state.

For instance, the entire state of New York has 21 DI programs, compared to 18 for NC, despite having a much higher population. In fact, here are some numbers about D1 programs per capita:

MS: 1.98
NC: 1.61
NY: 1.11
CA: 0.67

This matters because at the small school level -- where the majority of players play! -- recruiting is very much local. Kids tend not to travel across the country to play for Grand Valley State or Elon College. If a CA kid can't get a scholarship on the West Coast, there's a reasonable likelihood that he just decides to do something else with his life. MD, by the way, is at 1.44, so not the most but still high.

A lot of what is being measured, I think, is just DI college basketball program density.

 

[superrific]

Thanks for the link
Weird that Durham-Chapel Hill is third I get it that it is per capita

NYC has five DI schools by my count: Iona, Fordham, Columbia, St. Johns, and Manhattan College (in the Bronx, of course). And Columbia isn't pulling many local players.

Durham-Chapel Hill has three D1 schools. So we have way more spots to fill per capita. True, Duke and UNC recruit nationally so that decreases some of the advantage, but NCCU probably takes a lot of kids local.