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I'm just saying it's not surprising he didn't get a scholarship from a div 1 school. Athletic divisions may be enrollment based, but generally correspond to top
by rdouble 15y ago
I'm just saying it's not surprising he didn't get a scholarship from a div 1 school. Athletic divisions may be enrollment based, but generally correspond to top levels of play. Smaller schools known to be a powerhouse in a sport can petition to play in the top division. Where I grew up in Minnesota, the hockey team with the most division AA championships is in a small town and only has about 350 students. Even Palo Alto high school plays Division 1 in baseball and women's volleyball. If it was known as a basketball powerhouse, Lin probably would have received more attention.
With your correction, there's still only 4500 Div 1 basketball scholarships available. Did anyone else in his division get such a scholarship?
In each state, there is at least one guy with his stats in the equivalent division who also doesn't get a scholarship. My cousin was 6 foot 5, averaged 30 points a game, led his team to state, was very athletic and won summer dunk contests, but played division 3, so still wasn't good enough to even play in college, in any division, much less get a scholarship. I went to college with Devean George and he was only there because didn't get scholarships anywhere, either.