(03-11-2017 10:31 AM)ken d Wrote:  I know I'm entering this discussion late, but just for fun I checked ACC basketball rosters to see how many New York (City, not state) were on them.

Miami has one, from Brooklyn. Virginia has one. BC has one (from Long Island). Pitt has one (from Teaneck, NJ).

Between them, Syracuse and Notre Dame have 13 players from New York State and New Jersey (5 ND, 8 Cuse) with one of the Syracuse players being from NYC.

The other nine schools have none.

St John's has three players from New York on its roster, the same number as hail from California and from Europe (3 each). They have made it to the Sweet Sixteen twice in the last 32 years.

Maybe if those 9 ACC schools with no NY players would recruit more heavily there, they would get to be as good as St John's.

It worked well for UNC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan

(I'm done arguing. This thread was clearly posted to start a flame war, and posters on both sides are getting too worked up. Before anyone flips at me, the MJ thing is clearly a joke that was meant to bridge the gap. I think he grew up in NC.)