maybe an economic slowdown will help turn the Redmen around? Maybe this explains why Rutgers is recruiting so well...Gotta love the cheap gas in Jersey 
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/weiss/2008/07/highlights-from-day-1-in-vegas.html
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey brings up an interesting point - with the growing gas crisis, recruiting could become more regionalized than ever because parents want to see their kids play in college.
Seems like a ridiculously short-sighted view
-Parents, who have put in a substantial amount of time and money sending and in some cases going themselves all around the country for hs and AAU events in order to have their kids get a full scholarship in college and be in a position to make money in a professional league or, through alumni contacts, get a decent job after graduation are going to be so dramatically effected by a $2-3 hike per gallon in their expected cost of gasoline.
-At the high-major level, so many games are on television.
-Why short change your kid in his long-term potential future earnings and basketball or life development for the sake of a change in the price of energy?