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#18936	07/19/2022 9:25:47 pm	Dec 3rd, 2026
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2483 Hardwood Administrator	What are some examples of real world coaches that have pipelines (in college basketball)? Are they really on par with the local teams as far as recruiting? Steve
#18938	07/20/2022 4:02:45 am	Dec 3rd, 2026	Ignore
TavesSoul Joined: 06/25/2020 Posts: 149 Nazareth Golden Flyers IV.8	Not sure if it's actually Coach Calipari or one of his assistants, but Kentucky has essentially had a pipeline here in Canada for a decade (Trey Lyles, Jamal Murray, Mychal Mulder and even Shaedon Sharpe before he made a business decision not to play to keep his draft stock). Almost got Wiggins too during that window. Kentucky is always in on the elite talent up here. Then Maine recently for lower-tier talent. Although you could kind of argue that's been more regional proximity, as most of those recruits have been from Ontario/Quebec. Updated Wednesday, July 20 2022 @ 4:06:16 am PDT
#18939	07/20/2022 6:14:27 am	Dec 3rd, 2026	Ignore
zachyarbrough1 Joined: 04/02/2021 Posts: 8 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs IV.7	I’m a Texas Tech fan myself, and last season we had an assistant from the west coast and that opened us up to California, Oregon, and Washington to get our name in on some big recruits from that area
#18940	07/20/2022 8:19:53 am	Dec 3rd, 2026	Ignore
sparky Joined: 03/25/2021 Posts: 31 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Trailblazers IV.6	I think for Pipelines to work, we'd want to have a select group of kids from each region play for an AAU team. It could be like you'd have to spend recruit points buttering up an AAU coach, who'd then give you a better chance at recruiting players on his team.
#18941	07/20/2022 9:42:20 am	Dec 3rd, 2026	Ignore
lmartins6746 Joined: 02/26/2020 Posts: 252 North Greenville Crusaders IV.3	I would think on par with in region schools is a bit much. I think somewhere between in-region and out of region. For regions where there are no in-region schools maybe it could be on par with in-region.
#18942	07/20/2022 7:57:18 pm	Dec 5th, 2026	Ignore
mavstar21 Joined: 08/14/2019 Posts: 89 Wisconsin-Superior Yellow Jackets V.16	St Mary's has a pretty solid history of recruiting out of Australia for the past 20 years.
#18943	07/21/2022 7:40:48 am	Dec 5th, 2026	Ignore
therelabeef Joined: 04/03/2022 Posts: 204 John Carroll University Blue Streaks VI.31	Pipelines would be a great idea for hardwood. Like the realisticness to real college basketball. (If you haven’t learned DePaul is high on realism
#18949	07/21/2022 9:08:56 pm	Dec 10th, 2026	Ignore
celtic4warrior Joined: 07/02/2018 Posts: 174 California Lutheran Kingsmen V.1	+1 on a pipeline. celtic4warrior
#18975	07/25/2022 1:23:22 pm	Dec 24th, 2026	Ignore
cwb Joined: 02/08/2019 Posts: 67 Prairie View A&M Panthers III.1	There are actually a ton of examples in real life. In fact, I remember back when I was in college that Colorado had a tie to San Antonio area and landed multiple basketball recruits from there (I think they still have Texas ties). College coaches commonly build relationships with high school coaches who tap them when a good player comes through their ranks. Hawaii practically only recruits California and the Pacific Islands, with occasion kids from Texas. Air Force largely recruits from Texas. Kentucky has a coach exclusively focused on Texas, trying to build a bigger pipeline there. And even more recently, 'Nova's coach Jay Wright had a huge pull from the DMV area. However, his retirement is likely to lead to a huge DMV recruit decline for 'Nova going forward. Here are a few articles on college pipelines (including data/evidence on some of the ones I mentioned above): https://www.mwcconnection.com/2022/2/23/22938964/peak-perspective-recruiting-pipelines-in-the-2022-class https://www.on3.com/college/kentucky-wildcats/news/kt-turner-discusses-recruiting-pipeline-in-texas/ https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/could-jay-wrights-retirement-help-dmv-schools-take-back-recruiting-pipeline Also, I will say I have seen pipeline successfully implemented in other sports games. Draft Day Sports used to have a popular pipeline mechanic. Also, the NCAA Football and Basketball games had pipelines for coaches.
#18980	07/26/2022 5:16:20 am	Dec 24th, 2026	Ignore
therelabeef Joined: 04/03/2022 Posts: 204 John Carroll University Blue Streaks VI.31	Sounds convincing…I would like to have some coaches build some pipelines in the futre

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