Mid Major Recruiting Highlights

If you’re a fan of mid majors, you ought to run on over to ESPN for a nice article about the recruiting that’s been going on for the non-BCS schools. Antonio Williams lists several schools that did well this offseason in recruiting top talent, despite being only mid-majors. If you’re a fan of any of the following schools, make sure you take a look:

  • UMass
  • BYU
  • Miami
  • Long Beach State
  • Gonzaga
  • Rice
  • San Diego State
  • George Mason
  • UNLV
  • Central Florida

ESPN has a recruit ranking system in the ESPNU section of their website that give a a basic score to some of the better prospects coming out of high school.  Only five of the top 100 players elected to go to a mid major, meaning that the recruiting disparity is still very high. Last season was a bad one for teams from smaller conferences, as the NCAA Tournament yielded no real Cinderella. Will this next season bring similar results?

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