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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 942327" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>So this is a question i've thought about for awhile:</p><p>Is GA basketball talent overrated?</p><p>The NCAA site has a great article on where Div 1 players come from. Someone went through the process last year of looking at every Div 1 basketball roster and seeing where every player came from.</p><p>Atlanta was ranked 5th in terms of cities producing the most Div 1 basketball players (note that this is the city of Atlanta, not the metro Atlanta area as the city was based on city name.).</p><p>GA was 4th nationally in terms of states producing Div 1 basketball players.</p><p></p><p>So on paper it looks like the talent is very deep in Georgia.</p><p></p><p>But I decided to look at something a little deeper - how many Final Four teams had significant presence of GA recruits.</p><p>Looking back at the last 10 Final Fours - that is 40 teams, over 300 rotational players, only 2 teams had more than 1 starter from the state of GA</p><p>2013 Wichita State (2)</p><p>2019 Auburn (4)</p><p></p><p>There has been only one other starter from the state of GA in the last 10 years - Davion Mitchell at Baylor in 2021. So only 3 teams had a starter from GA and only 7 players from GA have started in the last 10 years (out of a possible 200 starters).</p><p>Beyond the starters there have been only 7 other ga players to be a rotation player in the last 10 years. So 14 players out of more than 300 regulars were from the state of GA. So GA basketball players are not really making major contributions to the best teams in the country. The total for the last 10 years of Final Fours is 14 players and 8 teams. Only the Auburn team really had deep representation of players. Otherwise GA players have largely been missing from the Final Four.</p><p></p><p>What this suggests to me is that there is alot of athletic talent in the state of GA, given how many GA recruits play Div 1 basketball, but there may not be enough high level 'basketball talent'.</p><p>My thought is that if you are going to recruit GA players significantly then you better have a really good development program in place to improve their basketball skill level.</p><p></p><p>Also, based on the perceived level of talent in the state of Georgia, the colleges in GA are woefully underrepresented in the NCAA Tourney. In the last 25 Tournaments a total of 18 teams from the state of GA have made the NCAA Tourney - an avg of less than 1 per year.</p><p>GT - 6 - 01, 04, 05, 07, 10, 21</p><p>Ga St - 5 - 01, 15, 18, 19, 22</p><p>UGA - 5 - 01, 02, 08, 11, 15</p><p>Kenn St - 1 - 23</p><p>Mercer - 1 -14</p><p></p><p>Just some food for thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 942327, member: 1776"] So this is a question i've thought about for awhile: Is GA basketball talent overrated? The NCAA site has a great article on where Div 1 players come from. Someone went through the process last year of looking at every Div 1 basketball roster and seeing where every player came from. Atlanta was ranked 5th in terms of cities producing the most Div 1 basketball players (note that this is the city of Atlanta, not the metro Atlanta area as the city was based on city name.). GA was 4th nationally in terms of states producing Div 1 basketball players. So on paper it looks like the talent is very deep in Georgia. But I decided to look at something a little deeper - how many Final Four teams had significant presence of GA recruits. Looking back at the last 10 Final Fours - that is 40 teams, over 300 rotational players, only 2 teams had more than 1 starter from the state of GA 2013 Wichita State (2) 2019 Auburn (4) There has been only one other starter from the state of GA in the last 10 years - Davion Mitchell at Baylor in 2021. So only 3 teams had a starter from GA and only 7 players from GA have started in the last 10 years (out of a possible 200 starters). Beyond the starters there have been only 7 other ga players to be a rotation player in the last 10 years. So 14 players out of more than 300 regulars were from the state of GA. So GA basketball players are not really making major contributions to the best teams in the country. The total for the last 10 years of Final Fours is 14 players and 8 teams. Only the Auburn team really had deep representation of players. Otherwise GA players have largely been missing from the Final Four. What this suggests to me is that there is alot of athletic talent in the state of GA, given how many GA recruits play Div 1 basketball, but there may not be enough high level 'basketball talent'. My thought is that if you are going to recruit GA players significantly then you better have a really good development program in place to improve their basketball skill level. Also, based on the perceived level of talent in the state of Georgia, the colleges in GA are woefully underrepresented in the NCAA Tourney. In the last 25 Tournaments a total of 18 teams from the state of GA have made the NCAA Tourney - an avg of less than 1 per year. GT - 6 - 01, 04, 05, 07, 10, 21 Ga St - 5 - 01, 15, 18, 19, 22 UGA - 5 - 01, 02, 08, 11, 15 Kenn St - 1 - 23 Mercer - 1 -14 Just some food for thought. [/QUOTE]
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