(02-05-2023 12:23 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-05-2023 07:47 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Interesting article although it’s outdated (2019) but supports what Steve has said about lack of talent in Michigan.

https://watchstadium.com/ranking-every-s...6-24-2019/

FWIW, 8 (!) of the top 13 states in the first table touch the Atlantic. The top 3 states, e.g., CA, TX and FL, are very large states. No surprises there.

MI does not vary well vs. Ohio or IN.

Wished I could identify the problem. Ohio and Indiana have similar demographic challenges, we all are becoming old and high schools are shrinking, yet Michigan does not acquit itself well with respect to developing HS prospects.

Izzo constantly beat U-M in recruiting Michigan. He owned Flint and got all the hot prospects from Detroit, Saginaw and Grand Rapids as well. He was the King of recruiting in Michigan and built a fabulous program.

Then came 2017-18. Freaking Clarkston, hardly a legacy program, won the MHSAA championship. Izzo, of course, nailed down their two best players, Foster Loyer and Thomas Kithier. The problem here is that neither of them had the talent to compete at the P6 basketball level and Izzo's career has been on a downward spiral since.