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Imagine you're a 5 star recruit...

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Stairmaster said:
I've lived in New England my whole life. I want Florida weather without but old folks or alligators in my back yard. I also have a weakness for Cuban food.
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Spent 4 years in college in Florida. There are better destinations but no getting around the good Cuban food.
 
UCLA, no question. No real expectations from anyone, still get major exposure, play in the best city in the world with the best women, still get lottery pick attention and recognition.
 
Gonzaga. Spokane seems more my style than the beach towns and there's no other show in town so you truly own the campus. Their fan base is one of the best in CBB.
 
Priorities would have been:
1) Great Coach
2) Can surround me with great talent
3) Quality of Degree
4) Weather

So my list: Duke (makes me fell dirty), UNC, Stanford, Yale (screw the coach, talent, and weather...it is Yale!), Univ. of Bevo (visit Austin just once and you will see).
 
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MilliniumPrince said:
Priorities would have been:
1) Great Coach
2) Can surround me with great talent
3) Quality of Degree
4) Weather

So my list: Duke (makes me fell dirty), UNC, Stanford, Yale (screw the coach, talent, and weather...it is Yale!), Univ. of Bevo (visit Austin just once and you will see).
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1) Great Coach - Duke
2) Surrounded with Great Talent - Kentucky

...I'm not off to a good start here

3) Quality of Degree - Stanford
4) Weather - Chaminade
 
1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. Stanford
4. Northwestern



Last: Cuse
Dead last: Rutgers
 
1. Michigan St
2. North Carolina
3. Florida (would be more appealing if Billy D was still there)
4. Arizona
 
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B1GEast said:
If I'm a 5 star recuit, me and my dad are definitely visiting Louisville
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Probably Wisconsin. Madison is beautiful, love Bo Ryan, great fan base, pretty good football program as well which I count as a plus, my second favorite school in the country in general. Also up there would be UCLA: Can't be SoCal weather and girls and the education and history are great, also decent football program; Michigan State: Izzo, decent football program, good fans; ASU/U of A: coeds
 
barring uconn (even objectively, who wouldn't want to play for kevin ollie??) i think cal, stanford, wisconsin, and harvard all seem like solid bets. maybe georgetown, but i am trying to stay the hell out of the south.
 
HuskyFich said:
1) Great Coach - Duke
2) Surrounded with Great Talent - Kentucky

...I'm not off to a good start here

3) Quality of Degree - Stanford
4) Weather - Chaminade
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And you have your own great preseason tourney.
 
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Danzz said:
I'm with you on the cliffs of Malibu. Give me those dumb long legged blonds with low self esteem. I don't even have a second choice.
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Have you guys been to Pepperdine? Why the heck would you bother playing basketball?
 
cohenzone said:
Have you guys been to Pepperdine? Why the heck would you bother playing basketball?
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Absolutely true Pepperdine is gorgeous. I used to work a short way from there
 
ASU > Arizona when it comes to co-eds. I lived in the state for a few years.
 
If I could go anywhere and do anything, East Lansing would be pretty far down my list. Guess that makes Izzo a pretty good recruiter.
 
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Louisville ....free pu##y , great soul food , minimal academic requirements. It's a fools paradise. Is there a better 2 year plan?
 
Because I'd have to imagine it's me, the quality of the university and the degree would make a difference for me.

But as a five-star recruit, I'd also want to have a top basketball program, or at least the exposure needed to ensure top NBA attention.

The coach matters, but, again as a five-star, I'd be more worried avoiding about a bad one than ensuring a great one.

Location matters. As one of the wisest old teachers in my high school used to say: "The most important thing about where you go to college...is where you go to college." I obviously didn't follow that advice.

I love the coasts. I really love the Bay area.

I would lean heavily towards Stanford because the weather in Palo Alto is pretty much perfect for me and it meets all the other criteria, provided I was comfortable with Dawkins.

I would visit Duke and Georgetown and give myself a chance to be convinced otherwise. I would be worried about how long K was going to be around at Duke.

I would also visit Pepperdine, U.C. Santa Barbara and Cal Poly because I could, as there is that wise old priest's advice and they are all within the location that most appeals to me; but none of them likely score high enough on the other fronts.
 
Not Kentucky b'c something about the "crunchy appetizer's" personality doesn't sit well in my stomach.
Not Michigan State, although i appreciate the coach, tradition and recent success -- living in Michigan sounds worse than Storrs ;)
Not Duke ... i just can't do it.
Not Louisville or UNC for all the scandals.

I'm going with Cincinnati, Cronin seems like a good dude.
 
Boston College. I'm a New England kid and I'd like to play for the best D1 team in New England.

OK, so it's the only team in New England.

Now, if UConn HAD a team, I'd certainly think about that. Because even though BC is the big name in New England, they do kinda suck. And their most famous hoops alumnus is Ernie Cobb.
 
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