re: What About Hawaii for the Pac-12?

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Texas - 222
Florida - 144
California - 109
Georgia - 95
Ohio - 87
Pennsylvania - 57
Alabama - 46
Michigan - 45
Virginia - 43
Louisiana - 42
Indiana - 37
North Carolina - 37
New Jersey - 34
Tennessee - 33
Illinois - 32
Maryland - 28
Mississippi - 27
South Carolina - 23
Arizona - 19
Missouri - 17
Washington - 17
Oklahoma - 16
Kentucky - 14
Utah - 14
Colorado - 13
Massachusetts - 10
New York - 10
Minnesota - 9
Arkansas - 8
Washington, DC - 8
Kansas - 7
Hawaii - 6
Iowa - 5
Oregon - 5
Wisconsin - 5
Delaware - 3
Nebraska - 3
Connecticut - 2
New Mexico - 2
West Virginia - 2
Idaho - 1
Montana - 1
New Hampshire - 1
Alaska - 0
Maine - 0
Nevada - 0
North Dakota - 0
Rhode Island - 0
South Dakota - 0
Vermont - 0
Wyoming - 0

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This is a list from MaxPreps of the number of D1 players produced per state for this class. Utah use to produce close to nothing and now they are starting to make a mark in the west. Utah doesn't come close to the talent produced in southern states but there are only 3 states that outproduced them from the West.

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Arizona State - 1
Stanford - 1
UCLA - 1
Utah - 1
Washington - 1
Washington State - 1

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This is a list of all D1 players committed for 2012 class. Notice that every player on that list is committed to a Pac-12 school. Pac schools get the best talent out of Hawaii despite UH being in the WAC.

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Salt Lake = 186,440

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The Salt Lake metro is over two million people. If you are basing population on what's within city limits then New Orleans and Green Bay have no business having NFL teams.

because it would cost too much to ship your girls volleyball team there.