NCAA Tournament Playalong Thread

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I dont understand your argument. So McCafferty wont be able to recruit at KY but could at Villanova? I have no idea why you would think that Lexington, KY would not be desirable for an Afro-American? South Bend is not a real factor in ND's recruiting, academic standards are.

KY is a very attractive program for recruits and coaches. They are building a new arena, the facilities are beyond first class, they play in a power conference, they are a basketball school with lots of tradition, and they are like gods here. For a coach the challenge is unique. First of all you will get intense media scruitny and a sick fan base. If you dont do well then you will be gone. But if you win you are the king of the state. There is nowhere that a coach is more revered than here. Nowhere. Not to mention that you have no NBA,NFL or MLB teams to share the spotlight with. And the most important factor for many is that you will make WAY more money than you will anywhere else. Win the nat'l title and people will just send you money. It is scary like a cult.

Personally I am not a fan but until you live here you cant understand just how big KY basketball is.

McCafferty is a really good coach. He would be the best coach they have had since Pitino. Winning is all that matters and I have a hard time believing he wouldn't win.

All that being said I'm sure they will go for the big name.

McCaffrey is a Philly guy that has drawn many of his recruits at Siena from the Philly area. He would do just fine at Villanova. I'm not so sure he'd be able to make that jump to recruiting at Kentucky. Coaching he'd do just fine, but luring players away from Pitino and Calipari who have years of practice recruiting at the top levels (aka walking the tightrope of cheating and not cheating) would seem too much to ask and there aren't enough players in the state of Kentucky to build from like you have in Philly.

And you're right, Kentucky will go for a big name.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

McCaffrey is a Philly guy that has drawn many of his recruits at Siena from the Philly area. He would do just fine at Villanova. I'm not so sure he'd be able to make that jump to recruiting at Kentucky. Coaching he'd do just fine, but luring players away from Pitino and Calipari who have years of practice recruiting at the top levels (aka walking the tightrope of cheating and not cheating) would seem too much to ask and there aren't enough players in the state of Kentucky to build from like you have in Philly.

And you're right, Kentucky will go for a big name.

The vast majority of KY's players arent from KY. Pitino doesnt bother recruiting KY because he knows the best players will go to UK or out of state. The truth is KY would be better off hiring an East coast guy because they haven't done very well there lately. Basketball recruiting at the top level is national way more than football because you only need 15 players and 5 or 6 of them are just practice fodder anyway.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The vast majority of KY's players arent from KY. Pitino doesnt bother recruiting KY because he knows the best players will go to UK or out of state. The truth is KY would be better off hiring an East coast guy because they haven't done very well there lately. Basketball recruiting at the top level is national way more than football because you only need 15 players and 5 or 6 of them are just practice fodder anyway.

Yeah, that's my point. I don't think McCaffrey is established enough nationwide to do well recruiting at Kentucky since he would have to go out of state. At Villanova he'd be in much better shape since not only is he familiar with recruiting in the area but there is enough talent in Philly alone to fall back on not to mention the rest of the state, NYC, DC, and Baltimore. McCaffrey makes sense for a lot of programs but not for Kentucky. They need a bigger name if they ever want to live up to their lofty expectations.