Quote from: Swampy on May 27, 2026, 03:56:30 PMQuote from: CU77 on May 25, 2026, 12:30:52 PMAt least 90% of recruiting has to do with factors that the coach has no direct control over: academics, campus culture, weather, facilities, likelihood of a championship, etc. There's not some magic knob that a coach can turn to improve recruiting.
Perhaps. But while Princeton and ND may have some advantages, I don't see enough difference in the five things you explicitly mention (academics, campus culture, weather, facilities, likelihood of a championship) to account for Princeton repeatedly recruiting the #1 class (several years in a row with 5x5*) while we recruit #20.
This is particularly vexing because until recently we have regularly recruited generational players like Kurst, Teat, Adler, etc.
Adler was a 3-star recruit when he committed.
