Shortly after leading Bloomington South High to a 4A Indiana state championship and nabbing tournament MVP honors in 2009, sophomore point guard Dee Davis became a hot commodity on the recruiting trail.
Xavier, Purdue, and Ohio University offered him scholarships. Several other schools, including Butler, showed interest.
Davis—an AAU star for Indiana Elite with a burgeoning basketball reputation—doused other programs' hopes when he committed to the Musketeers the summer before his junior year. Extracting a Hoosier from his home state was a coup for Xavier's staff.
It wasn't an isolated experience.
The pipeline from Indiana to Cintas Center has become a popular conduit during the last decade.