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Actually, I have a question related to that and one of the latest questions you fielded. When it comes to recruiting, do you even try to get the top, top high school players (in the country or even the state)? Or do you know that you don't realistically have a shot at beating out Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, OSU, etc. and don't even bother wasting your time?
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The top, top recruits wouldn't even consider a mid-major, so I'd imagine that the answer is no.
I don't know about Texas, but I know a little about California. A mid-major like UC Santa Barbara or Long Beach State would have no shot at getting a player like OJ Mayo. So even though UCSB and USC are in the same metro area, they aren't competing for the same players.
Where they do compete would be a little bit below that. A top 20 recruit can start anywhere he wants. The question is for someone out of the top 100 recruits: would you rather ride the bench for UCLA or be the "star" for UCSB/Long Beach State?
You can look at the ESPN recruit page to see where recruits signed.
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruitin...=2007&set=2
In the top 60 players, the only mid-major school represented is Gonzaga.