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Student recruitment philosophy

I am wondering what our strategy is in recruiting students to Southern Miss.
My church (Broadmoor Baptist, Madison) had it's annual HS graduation service this morning. Program for the ceremony lists name, potential major and where they plan to attend college. We have 80 kids that are graduating. Zero planning on attending Southern Miss.

Breakdown was

Mississippi State -22
Mississippi -22
Mississippi College -10
Community College -14
Alabama -2
Other out of state -6
Not listed -4

That is a pretty good number of kids. Are we simply not recruiting north of I-20?

RPI stats......Interesting

Mississippi State is Ranked #3 in Baseball America with a record of 30-14-1.
Their record against the RPI TOP 100 is 18-13.
They are also Ranked #4 by the Coaches Poll.
They have lost games to Eastern Kentucky and Orel Roberts.
RPI ranking: 11

Southern Miss is Ranked #21 by Baseball America with a record of 31-14.
Coaches rank USM #26.
Record vs RPI top 100 is 17-12.
RPI: 19

I know, I know....They have won series against the mighty SEC.
But, our League might be just as good as their League.

Seems to me the coaches should do a little Homework assignment.
IE

Hosting

I read the transcript from yesterday's Baseball America live chat, and someone asked about Southern Miss's chance of hosting. The general consensus is that the winner of CUSA will likely get a host spot. They said the only thing the FAU series ended was our shot at a national seed. We still control our own destiny - we just need to take care of business because we have no margin for error whatsoever. While the FAU series was disappointing, winning that Sunday game kept our hopes of hosting alive.
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