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[quote=Anonymous]As others mentioned, part of it depends on how competitive a school is.

We know some schools where a good portion of the basketball players play travel.  ie not just aau but they travel around the country for tournaments.

But there are also some schools in the area that are more low key.  But they usually get blown out by the schools with more competitive teams.

Then it also depends on how athletic the player is.  Where we do know some players that didn't really focus or play basketball until later on but still did relatively well and got a decent amount of minutes in the rotation.  But these players also played other higher level sports and had that drive and coordination.

And playing yearround or high level by itself doesn't necessarily guarantee success.  Where in multiple sports, including basketball, we see yearround players that have issues in making it on school teams and just difficulty succeeding at higher levels.  A lot of it is they never really developed the skills, mentality, etc.

But it is beneficial to have exposure to that higher level of basketball.  Even the same refs call games differently depending on the level of the league.  ie you'll see the same refs at local rec leagues also officiate tournaments in the area.

Also OP is talking about varsity level which can be very competitive.  Then it's not just making the varsity team but also getting decent playing time on the varsity level.

We see a lot of very good players quit basketball because they're only getting a handful of minutes on their high school teams.  Some of these players were standouts at camps, their nonschool teams, leagues, etc.[/quote]

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