The Geography of Basketball Recruiting

[tussin]

I have just become a big time basketball recruiting junkie (unlike football which I have been for some time) first of all, 247 is apparently is terrible while scout is awesome. Also, everybody recruits in Indianapolis. Kentucky has at least two prospects, so does OSU, Louisville and IU do as well. Per capita, easily the most basketball talent. Chicago has a ton of talent as well. Though again more people. DC does very well. NYC is like the Texas of college basketball. A three star there is better than a good amount of 4 stars from other places. Chicago is really better now than it has been. NYC is going down a bit. Indianapolis is probably the most consistent overall.

And as far as North East basketball. As dirty as all get out, but the reason it is so good is because those kids have usually graduated. Semaj Christon and Tu Holloway both went to prep schools.

Philly is a huge area as well. Schools like 'Cuse and Nova have a really strong pipeline of Philly studs.

 

[Irish#1]

The Indy Star did an article 2 or 3 years ago and it showed Indy had more kids in the NBA than any other city at that time. I wouldn't be surprised if by percentage of population it is #1 as well.

"In 49 states, it's basketball, but this is Indiana."

1. New York, New York (pop 8,213,839)
2. Los Angeles, California (pop 3,794,640)
3. Chicago, Illinois (pop 2,824,584)
4. Houston, Texas (pop 2,076,189)
5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (pop 1,517,628)
6. Phoenix, Arizona (pop 1,476,331)
7. San Diego, California (pop 1,284,347)
8. San Antonio, Texas (pop 1,258,733)
9. Dallas, Texas (pop 1,246,185)
10. Detroit, Michigan (pop 921,147)
11. San Jose, California (pop 908,870)
12. Indianapolis, Indiana (pop 789,250)
13. Jacksonville, Florida (pop 786,938)
14. San Francisco, California (pop 777,660)
15. Columbus, Ohio (pop 738,782)
16. Austin, Texas (pop 708,293)
17. Memphis, Tennessee (pop 680,515)
18. Baltimore, Maryland (pop 640,064)
19. Charlotte, North Carolina (pop 634,059)
20. Fort Worth, Texas (pop 622,311)
21. Boston, Massachusetts (pop 609,690)
22. Milwaukee, Wisconsin (pop 602,057)
23. El Paso, Texas (pop 587,400)
24. Washington, District of Columbia (pop 582,049)
25. Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee (pop 579,748)
26. Seattle, Washington (pop 575,719)
27. Denver, Colorado (pop 561,323)
28. Las Vegas, Nevada (pop 544,806)
29. Portland, Oregon (pop 534,093)
30. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (pop 532,006)
31. Tucson, Arizona (pop 528,483)
32. Albuquerque, New Mexico (pop 496,801)
33. Atlanta, Georgia (pop 483,108)
34. Long Beach, California (pop 467,851)
35. Kansas City, Missouri (pop 463,985)
36. Fresno, California (pop 456,574)

 

[NDdomer2]

i feel like this should be a state argument not city.

larry bird and brad miller in the house!

 

[Rhode Irish]

Infographics: Where Do High School Basketball Stars Come From, And Where Do They Go?

I remembered reading this a while back, and this topic reminded me of it. Some pretty good visualizations to shed some light on the subject.

(Spolier: Indiana and Maryland produce the best players on a per capita basis.)

Indiana, living up to its reputation, may have the strongest high school basketball tradition in the country. With 41 All-Americans in 36 years, Indiana has produced more talent than Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, all significantly larger states, and trails only Illinois, New York, and California. Adjusting for population size, the Hoosier State blows the field away.

 

[anarin]

George Mikan
Doc Rivers
Maurice Cheeks
Cazzy Russell
Mark Aguirre
Michael Finley
Johnny Red Kerr
Anthony Davis
Eddie Johnson
Quinn Buckner
Ricky Green
Dee Brown
Juwan Howard
Terry Cummings
Hersey Hawkins
Antonio Walker
Michael Finley
Eddie Curry

really?

 

[4irishnation]

I'm sorry Kevin Garnett played 1 year of high school basketball in Chicago he is from South Carolina. Billy Keller, George McGinnis, OSCAR ROBERTSON

 

[rikkitikki08]

I still stand by Indianapolis is the best talent rich region in America

 

[rikkitikki08]

As you can see, Indy people love them some basketball. We are a bit passionate about it

 

[Irish#1]

I'm sorry Kevin Garnett played 1 year of high school basketball in Chicago he is from South Carolina. Billy Keller, George McGinnis, OSCAR ROBERTSON

The Big O. Only NBA player to average a triple double in a season.