(04-18-2018 08:44 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Not having an out of state tuition exemption anymore makes it tough for us to afford non-NC recruits. But cost aside, I'm all for looking outside the state. Yeah, we run the risk of those kids getting homesick, or maybe graduating early and leaving as a grad transfer to play closer to home. But other mid-majors have had success at doing so. Hell, just look at how many kids VCU got from not only out of state, but out of the country.

NC simply has way too much competition to try to plant our flag. I'm not saying we shouldn't recruit kids in-state. Somewhere in the 65-80 % sounds about right.

Some of our best players ever also weren't NC kids. John Goldsberry was from Ohio. TJ Carter was from Maryland. Cacok is from Georgia. And there was also this kid named Brett Blizzard who did pretty well here, despite being a Florida kid.

During that same time period we got several from Texas too. Coombs, Burnette, Anthony Terell