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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2971634, member: 591"] In large part, the players the lesser schools are pulling are probably below the level CViv would consider. Vivian never made any inroads into the high school scene in NJ. Especially, the prep high school scene. There are probably a lot of factors at play, not just one. Contrary to reports by some, Rutgers fans have variously seen her at high school games in NJ, especially those where there is mutual interest or the player has committed. Years ago, we went to 2 high school games to see incoming recruits and she happened to be at both. Probably the only high school games we ever went to. We talked with her and her mother shortly after she arrived at Rutgers and learned that the atmosphere in Iowa was "everyone wanted to play for State U" and she found it appalling that that is not the case in NJ. But she never solved the conundrum, and never became friendly with high school coaches. It was probably stacked against her, since TG was such a "glad hander" and also specialized in recruiting prep schools to some degree, and Viv comes off as (I am not saying is, by any means) a bit cold and isn't going to find many of the type of athletic player she has historically recruited at these schools. [/QUOTE]