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Interestingly, I don't see any states where a home-state school locked up a majority of recruits. Recruiting looks like a damn tough game.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">510Bear;668208 said:</div><hr>Interestingly, I don't see any states where a home-state school locked up a majority of recruits. Recruiting looks like a damn tough game.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I had the same reaction. Plus, it seems like most of the top recruits (even states like Texas, Florida and Alabama) completely left the state. Interesting stuff.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">510Bear;668208 said:</div><hr>Interestingly, I don't see any states where a home-state school locked up a majority of recruits. <hr></blockquote><br /><br />Kinda hard to get a majority when those lists are 100 long and you can only take ~25.<br /><br />Texas is pulling 7 of the top 10 rated recruits in the state of Texas. Michigan is pulling 7 of the top 10 rated recruits from Mich (looks like they go elsewhere to get talent since it drops off faster).

Not a single five star in CA. Yeah...nice ESPN

<blockquote><div class="name-said">ColoradoBear1;668228 said:</div><hr>Kinda hard to get a majority when those lists are 100 long and you can only take ~25.<br /><br />Texas is pulling 7 of the top 10 rated recruits in the state of Texas. Michigan is pulling 7 of the top 10 rated recruits from Mich (looks like they go elsewhere to get talent since it drops off faster).<hr></blockquote><br /><br />No wonder Texas fans have big heads, especially since the primary recruiting strategy for many other teams (like Kansas) seems to be "get whichever TX recruits the U of Texas allows us to have".

<blockquote><div class="name-said">patzcalski;668241 said:</div><hr>Not a single five star in CA. Yeah...nice ESPN<hr></blockquote><br /><br />FWIW espn only has 10 5 stars total.

yeah but Shaq should be one of those 10.

So is Murphy a lock someplace else?

Shaq is a 4-star according to ESPN.