tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531720127551589619.post2555945259564287265..comments2023-10-20T11:21:26.380-05:00Comments on Hoops Marinara: Final Four: Mapping The RostersPhil Mittenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667685746937144843noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531720127551589619.post-30750911939412952012008-04-08T09:46:00.000-05:002008-04-08T09:46:00.000-05:00This is a great point, and one of the interesting ...This is a great point, and one of the interesting twists in Bo Ryan's legacy, such that it is. The Badgers were a good, possibly great, team this year; but largely ignored by the National media because the TEAM contains zero NBA prospects. <BR/><BR/>The high schools in Wisconsin just simply do not put out world-class NBA talent. You could do a map like that for every team in the Big 10, and you'd probably find that the teams consistently at the top pull from the widest recruiting pools. One exception might be Illinois, which has a strong Chicago connection (though one could argue that Chicago is a different state from the rest of Illinois).<BR/><BR/>So, having said that, to "lock in" the program, Bo really only needs to do one thing. Get ONE big-name, flashy all-everything twelve-star recruit and let him put up gaudy numbers in the swing system. If he can get ONE, he can have at least one every single year.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there's always the argument that one player CAN'T put up gaudy numbers in the swing. And, one could also argue that the swing skills don't translate to the NBA style, and a player with NBA-aspirations would be wasting his time here.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671983075985697762noreply@blogger.com