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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 2356535, member: 730"] I can understand players from any region being attracted to an elite and successful program, where ever that program is located. But Russell, Nared and Westbrook are probably the three top players to come out of Oregon and all decided on attending a school whose glory is in the distant past as far as any 17 year old is concerned. While UConn has signed several players from California they have lost out on a number of them too. If we assume that recruits are attracted to any one school in part as a result of things they hear from adult role models, parents, HS coaches, AAU coaches, etc. then when they are attracted to a school over 2000 miles away that isn't in the picture as far as a national title contender and whose head coach has a thin resume in that position it is reasonable to assume that someone in Oregon is doing a good job of talking up the LV's. And it might be just that and there is nothing wrong with it as long as that someone has no ties to Tennessee. And let me be clear. Unlike the fans of Tenn who, when a certain Georgia recruit decided to go north instead of to Knoxville, I am not assuming any cheating. But while there is relatively little money in wcbb coaches for the most part earn more money than they could ever earn outside basketball and assistants who want to be head coaches have to be at least tempted to use any means to sign players, thus gaining a reputation for being a great recruiter. And someone looking to land an assistant's position could be tempted to try and steer a player someplace. I think the system works pretty well. To make it 100% above board the NCAA would need 1000 investigators. [/QUOTE]

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