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When I was in grad school at Texas, the Lady Longhorns had gone something like 12 years without a conference loss. They were averaging 13-14000 fans per game. More than the mens' team at the time. Quote:
2007 Women’s Basketball Attendance Leaders DIVISION I Rk. School G Attendance Average 1. Tennessee 16 234,845 14,678
2. Connecticut 22 237,642 10,802 3. Texas Tech 14 149,351 10,668 4. Oklahoma 12 125,247 10,437 5. New Mexico 15 143,729 9,582 6. Maryland 16 152,523 9,533 7. Iowa St. 16 142,498 8,906 8. Purdue 14 106,184 7,585 9. Michigan St. 18 115,001 6,389 10. Notre Dame 16 101,818 6,364 11. Baylor 19 119,603 6,295 12. Minnesota 17 101,030 5,943 13. Duke 14 81,921 5,852 14. Kentucky 15 86,941 5,796 15. Penn St. 13 75,102 5,777 16. Wisconsin 20 114,406 5,720 17. LSU 15 83,593 5,573 18. Missouri St. 15 81,286 5,419 19. Texas 18 90,783 5,044 20. Ohio St. 17 85,011 5,001
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Well, I am basing that on the fact that she plays in the top league in the state and I would rank her as one of the top five players in the league. But she is only in 6th grade. There are probably lots of other good players out there that just haven't started competing yet. Time will tell. But she is having a blast, and that is the main thing.
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I read some articles about rich daddy's in Texas and other places with wannabe kids that suck that start AAU teams and stack the team with said poor kids and "pay" them and their parents with all kind of perks.
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No doubt about it. Everything is bigger and better in Texas.
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Where do you go to harvest the best athletes in the nation? Florida, California, Texas.
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And FWIW, the cost for playing on my team is about $50 per kid. Plus $24 for the uniform. It's hardly a "rich-kids' league".
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