being a player's favorite school.... Topic

mrgsport
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How much weight does it hold? Can you be a really high ranked player's favorite school and still have no realistic shot of getting him over the elite programs?
8/20/2011 9:30 AM
_hannibal_
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I do not think it has much weight at all
8/20/2011 9:57 AM
cornfused
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The answer to your first question is that the answer to your second question is "yes".  It matters, but it won't win you a battle unless all else is even.
8/20/2011 9:57 AM
abitaamber
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It probably has the value of 1 visit would be my guess.
8/20/2011 10:03 AM
professor17
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It's probably a multiplier and carries a weight of somewhere in the neighborhood of 3% or so, would be my best guess.
8/20/2011 10:07 AM
kmasonbx
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I agree with professor. 3% can end up being a big deal when you get into these big D1 battles where each school is spending over 50k.
8/20/2011 11:43 AM
mrgsport
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So a mid major who has a top 15 sg as their favorite school should probably not count on him then I take it?
8/20/2011 1:05 PM
garger
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If this was changed this made more significant would that even out the imbalance in recruiting DI coaches are always talking about? Give the 'favorite school' an A+ rep w/the recruit and make the 'favorites' effort x2. Middies could pull down some major recruits that way.
8/21/2011 2:37 AM
cornfused
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That'd be unrealistic, though, garger - a blue-chip recruit turning down Michigan State for Dayton should be very, very rare.
8/22/2011 10:15 AM
cornfused
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And yeah, mrgsport, don't do it with just a C+ prestige.
8/22/2011 10:16 AM
reinsel
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I think its worth more than 3%, but its not worth 30%.  I think it is worth about 1/3 grade of prestige.  Like B vs. B+ or so.  I was in a very large D1 battle ~$45k on one side and $55k on the other and I am pretty sure its worth about 10-20%.  But its not going to make a C school have to spend less than a B- school. 
8/22/2011 10:42 AM
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