Where can i find the best forum/article about moving to the Division I from Division II, something that explains having to start with the low prestidge in Div I and do things like how to recruit, etc...

Copied this awhile back...credit this post to tkimble...



1) You should rarely (if ever) fill all your scholarships. Go big or go home, that's the only way you're going to improve. Don't just take a guy because you don't want to come away with nothing. Most of the time, nothing is better than a crappy big man because that big man is on campus the next four years and a walk-on is only there for 1.

2) You shouldn't ever come away with a well rounded recruit because that probably means he's not good enough anywhere to be effective. Find guys with extreme strengths and try to set off their weaknesses.

3) Find the low-rated guys with high-high potentials because taking a big man with 20 LP but high-high is a lot better than taking a big man with 45 LP and low-high potential because only one of them has a chance at being an elite scorer. Low D1 in all about high-high potential because that is where your studs come from.

4) GO INTERNATIONAL!!!!!! These guys are the high-risk high-reward players and that's exactly what you need. The bigger schools don't want to deal with most unranked and seemingly untalented international guys because it's a risk they can't really afford to take. They can find these same types of lowly ranked guys locally, except they know the local guys have great potential and so they take them. As a lowly ranked D1 school, it's very hard to get a local guy with a bunch of high potentials, but it is SO MUCH EASIER if you go overseas. Yea, most international guys you scout are going to be ****, but once in a while you find a guy that has high-high potential EVERYWHERE. Normally, this guy would go to a big 6 school, but since they have no idea of his potentials, you can scoop up this international gem and dominate your conference.

Got a question about recruiting, can you recruit anyone? (thou top rank players will likely get snagged by higher prestige schools), are there any pullups like from D3 to D2 or D2 to D1? whats the best approach with recruiting?

until you get to about B+ prestige you will still have the possibility of pull/drop downs for higher rated recruits. Best advice is be conservative, avoid battles while you are learning the ropes, don't be afraid to scout around. Spend on scouting and trying to find the right guys instead of taking the nearest somewhat decent guy or picking (or defending if you get jumped) battles you can't win.

If you inherit a team with a lot of bad players, try to cut some of them once recruiting starts. I just posted about how I did this at St. Louis and Mercer in a forum called "Cut limit with new team"

To me, there is no point in keeping dead weight on the roster for 2-3 years until they graduate. Find players with high potential. Rankings do not mean a whole lot. I found a PG for my Fordham team that was unranked, but had lots of potential. He ended up being the 10th all-time leading scorer in the Ivy League in 61 seasons, and ended up over 850.