[quote=HEADUP][quote=fan of the sport][quote=HEADUP]
i pulled from real data, i just didn't give all the data. you proved my point 100% thank you. my point is anyone can spout some facts and skew the picture to fit their version of the picture rather than show the big picture. your points about aa this year are skewed by one thing they only iclude a certain year. other years they will be different, you know that as well as i do. the rosters will be different also, as will the starting line-ups. but if you honestly think that population has nothing to do with it you are kidding yourself, percentages alone will put more aa out from the mentioned states than ks. i think the toughness of the state series plays into it as well, i never said it didn't. i just feel that population, and geography plays more into it than most people like to admit. "
Heads Up:
It's kind of hard to find data, but it's a fact that PA has led the nation in NCAA Qualifiers for the last 25 years. This is very consistent trend. Last years numbers were very similar. And they normally have twice as many as any other state. Please check the NCAA qualifiers for this year in 2 weeks. It will be similar.
I did find 1997 data to support my point
NCAA qulifiers
PA=58
NJ =26
OH=22
KS=3
I agree population is a factor as PA has 4 times population of KS and OH has 3.5 times the population. So if things were equal, then OH and PA would have 4 and 3.5 times as many qualifiers. Look at the data just for 97 its (19 and 7 times more). Look at last year its 17 and 9 times more.
There's more to it than just population.
