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per the News Gazette:
Face it, the Big Ten is having difficulty attracting and holding quality athletes.
Take that 2011-12 class, the ones who would be seniors. With Cody Zeller long gone from Indiana and LaQuinton Ross leaving Ohio State early, the only remaining members of Rivals’ Top 50 in the league are Ohio State’s Sam Thompson and Michigan State’s Branden Dawson.
Here’s a striking stat: In the last four classes, Indiana has attracted eight Top 50 players, but no other Big Ten school has brought in more than one per year. And half of the Big Ten schools haven’t brought in any.
Not one top-50 high school player in four years by Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Nebraska, Purdue and Iowa. Wisconsin has had one: junior Sam Dekker.
At MSU, Tom Izzo has been repeatedly rebuffed and has attracted no top-50 players in the last two classes. Indiana’s Tom Crean had no sooner hit on three quality centers than he lost them, two of the NBA and one to transfer. OSU’s Thad Matta had one top-50 recruit in the 2011-12-13 classes, and that lone pickup is gone (Ross).
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...te-recruiting-struggles-have-big-ten-rut.html
Go Gophers!!
Face it, the Big Ten is having difficulty attracting and holding quality athletes.
Take that 2011-12 class, the ones who would be seniors. With Cody Zeller long gone from Indiana and LaQuinton Ross leaving Ohio State early, the only remaining members of Rivals’ Top 50 in the league are Ohio State’s Sam Thompson and Michigan State’s Branden Dawson.
Here’s a striking stat: In the last four classes, Indiana has attracted eight Top 50 players, but no other Big Ten school has brought in more than one per year. And half of the Big Ten schools haven’t brought in any.
Not one top-50 high school player in four years by Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Nebraska, Purdue and Iowa. Wisconsin has had one: junior Sam Dekker.
At MSU, Tom Izzo has been repeatedly rebuffed and has attracted no top-50 players in the last two classes. Indiana’s Tom Crean had no sooner hit on three quality centers than he lost them, two of the NBA and one to transfer. OSU’s Thad Matta had one top-50 recruit in the 2011-12-13 classes, and that lone pickup is gone (Ross).
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...te-recruiting-struggles-have-big-ten-rut.html
Go Gophers!!