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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2185524, member: 199"] I think the simple answer for European players and foreign players in general is that it is fairly slim pickings - the best young Europeans have both a professional route at quite a young age and free college that in at least some cases they can pursue at the same time. And as a comparison - their are only something like thirty foreign players in the WNBA each year - that suggests the talent pool while decent is significantly smaller than what is available in the US. Very few foreign players that [U]actually come to the states[/U] are in the range of players Geno and Co recruit and probably none are at the level of the top ten 'prizes' in the recruiting classes. Why would they put any serious effort into overseas recruits when they have so much to work with in the states. If you look at the schools that do work the foreign markets seriously, most are being shut out of the top end of the HS recruiting pool - USF being an obvious example. [/QUOTE]