[DC 86]

Geno needs to go. The team is just his pets. How believable is it that there are no top players from the west and only one from Tennessee who graduated 15 years ago?

No doubt that the national team tends to be static in player selections and that Nneka would be a great addition.

But the paucity of players from the west coast is far from unbelievable. The last team from the west to win the national championship was Stanford in 1992. Over the last 30 seasons (1987-2016) Stanford is the only team from the west to even reach the championship game. There have been scattered final four appearances by pac-10/12 teams over the years but the balance of power has clearly shifted away from the west.

[DC 86]

Geno needs to go. The team is just his pets. How believable is it that there are no top players from the west and only one from Tennessee who graduated 15 years ago?

No doubt that the national team tends to be static in player selections and that Nneka would be a great addition.

But the paucity of players from the west coast is far from unbelievable. The last team from the west to win the national championship was Stanford in 1992. Over the last 30 seasons (1987-2016) Stanford is the only team from the west to even reach the championship game. There have been scattered final four appearances by pac-10/12 teams over the years but the balance of power has clearly shifted away from the west.