I didn't see what those others posted , but the best in Indiana is usually going to be a top 40-50 player. Even if they are top 100, I'll take them if we have a need.i get the sentiment but this board wouldn't even exist if IU hadn't spent decades trying to get the best basketball players possible.
and you would be mightily distressed if IU continued to be a just-inside-the-top-50 basketball program.
i've got to side with fpaugh and that large farva (or whatever) cat on this one. Why spend all this money if you aren't trying to get the best kids? And if we're shooting for 2nd tier, might as well cut 5000 seats out of AH. we won't need them. lol
It would be stupid to ignore a top 5 player just because they live in another part of the country . Nobody that I have seen is suggesting we ONLY recruit Indiana. I want the best players, but I also want to keep Izzo and others out of our backyard. Most often we can have both.