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Originally Posted by OmahaChief
Mizzou was not pulling 4 star kids from border states as it was. Since 2002 here is the list of 4 star kids that were from border states (non JC) Tristen Holt, James Franklin, Gilbert Moye and Josh Barbo. That list sucks other than Franklin. If you go over to rivals and take a look at the classes since 2002, I think you are going to be shocked by the lack of difference makers from the state of Texas that have played for Mizzou.
This is my count of players that actually made a difference. Ziggy Hood, Chase D, Denario and Spoon (both 2 stars) Dom Hamilton, K-Law, Josey, Murphy and Hansborough, Mike Sam and maybe Sasser. Others are all role players for the most part. So we established a pipeline for the most part to role players and the occasional home run 2 star. Those two star types are most likley going to still be available to us with our current Texas recruiting plan.
I would argue that a 3 star kid from Kansas or Iowa or Illinois is not quite as good as most of the 3 star kids in Florida or Georgia on average simply based on the level of competition.
We have to keep our top level talent at home and then supplement with these south eastern recruits in my opinion. We play in that area more than Texas so we have more equity there now.
We probably won't agree on this and that it cool, I just wanted to present the other side of the arguement.
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Everyone agree that was need to lock down the state and we do a horrible job of that. However, I think that you're misunderstanding what I'm saying about border states. The move to the SEC gives Missouri a selling point they've never previously had in any of them. Kids from Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, or Illinois can't play in the SEC without a fairly significant relocation in most cases. Kids in Illinois and Iowa can play in the Big X, but the SEC is a far better league than the Big X. That gives Missouri more currency than they previously had in those states, and it's a unique currency. That's why they should be going after elite players in the border states.
Missouri is offering the same vacuum door-to-door that Miss. State. Vandy, Kentucky, Tennessee, and others are offering to those Georgia and Florida kids with the exception that they have to go farther to get it.
What's the unique selling point Missouri has there? What are the inroads?