"Rowe, Thomas" wrote:
> Now that I think about it, having one or a few players from very far away distorts the true picture of what is going on, recruiting-wise. I wonder if the median distance wouldn't be a better number to use here instead of average.
Tom, here are your median recruit distances for each team (or the average of the two hometowns at the median) and the corresponding hometown(s). You're gonna have me learning how to use this computer yet.
BTW, another slight extender of average recruiting distance is proximity to a coastline, since schools located there don't get many recruits from that population on their offshore sides.
MEDIAN
RECRUIT
TEAM DISTANCE MEDIAN HOMETOWN(S)
Alaska-Fairbanks 1,451 Glendon, AB/Bonnyville, AB
Alaska-Anchorage 1,430 Drayton Valley, AB/Midway, BC
Iona 1,336 Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB
Rensselaer 1,132 Plymouth, MN/Portage LaPrairie, MB
Nebraska-Omaha 1,096 Calgary, AB
Quinnipiac 1,060 Apple Valley, MN/Wayzata, MN
Alabama-Huntsville 924 Nepean, ON
Colorado College 842 Hermantown, MN
Denver 838 Madison, WI
Air Force 815 Medicine Hat, AB/Roseau, MN
Sacred Heart 760 Highland Park, IL
Bowling Green 524 Bayside, NY/Mahtomedi, MN
Mass.-Lowell 467 Kitchener, ON
Findlay 466 New Hartford, NY/Eyota, MN
Maine 449 Pembroke, ON/Sewell, NJ
Lake Superior 442 Kanata, ON/St. Andrews West, ON
Brown 422 Wolfville, NS/Toronto, ON
Ohio State 419 Roswell, GA
Dartmouth 407 Silver Spring, MD
Harvard 389 Gaithersburg, MD
Northern Michigan 387 Clinton Twp., MI/Aurora, ON
Princeton 376 Cleveland, OH/Le Gardeur, QE
American Int'l 321 St. Nicolas, QE
Yale 314 Rockland, ON/Kanata, ON
Notre Dame 305 St. Louis, MO/Chesterfield, MO
Union 299 Hannon, ON
Bemidji State 299 Neepawa, MB/Reston, MB
North Dakota 293 White Bear Lake, MN/Faribault, MN
Michigan Tech 289 St. Cloud, MN
Ferris State 281 Caledon, ON/Brampton, ON
Western Michigan 278 Brantford, ON
St. Lawrence 275 Conestoga, ON
Miami 267 Kenosha, WI
Northeastern 254 Vestal, NY
Providence 251 Maple Glen, PA/Massena, NY
Wayne State 248 Bethel Park, PA/Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Cornell 245 London, ON
Boston College 239 Freehold, NJ/Philadelphia, PA
Boston University 230 Princeton Junction, NJ
Clarkson 230 King City, ON
Wisconsin 229 Savage, MN
Vermont 226 Stratford, CT
Connecticut 225 Ithaca, NY/Baldwinsville, NY
Colgate 221 Brampton, ON
Michigan State 198 New Hamburg, ON/Cheboygan, MI
Mercyhurst 175 Orillia, ON
Army 167 Cassville, NY/North Reading, MA
New Hampshire 160 Altamont, NY
Michigan 144 North Street, MI/Glenview, IL
Minnesota-Duluth 143 Minnetonka, MN
Fairfield 138 Falmouth, MA/Stoneham, MA
St. Cloud 137 Bemidji, MN
Niagara 125 Auburn, NY
Holy Cross 114 Clifton Park, NY/Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
MSU-Mankato 87 Lino Lakes, MN/Forest Lake, MN
Bentley 86 East Hampton, CT
Massachusetts 73 Canton, MA/Medford, MA
Canisius 71 Branford, ON
Merrimack 69 Marion, MA
Minnesota 24 Ramsey, MN/Hastings, MN
Bob Griebel
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