Basketball is Different than College Football and Baseball | |
Looking at where the college football power schools reside, one thinks of southeat U S including Texas and Californioa - all athletes in waqrmer climates. Some high schoolers come out of Chicago and some from New Jersey. Yet, more football athletes come from warmer climates.
Looking at college baseball, the College World series in Omaha has Miami, Florida state, NC State, Georgia, Stanford, Fresno, Rice, and Arizona State - all warm winter states.
Then you look at basketball and see the difference - inner city kids from North appear to dominate the more "rural" kids with California contributing their share.
So, the warmer climate appears to aid in baseball and football, but it does not affect one's chances if you are an athlete living up North. At the same time, the Northern athletic bball players are probably more willing to go to a "cold" school as they are used to the climates.
It may be easier to recruit top notch bball than football players to a cold school.
One cold school anomoly (others are Michigan and Ohio Sytate; Notre dame has been a shambles) is Nebraska has fought the climate problem by pumping up instate Nebraska football players to play on the national stage. However, that has changed as Callahan recruited California kids in the end. It will be interesting who Bo goes after.
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