Since 1990 there have only been 5 programs to win the national championship. I think everyone had hoped the game would have had a better competitive balance by now but it just cant seem to break through. After the top 10-15 programs the talent level still falls off a cliff. Everyone plays by the same scholarship rules so why can't other programs break in?
Maryland has 11, Northwestern 7, Princeton 3, Virginia 3, North Carolina 1
Talent. There simply isn't enough to go around. That is why the Top Programs go after the top talent early. After the top 20 - 30 girls commit the talent level drops off (there are a few who are missed but for the most part the best players are identified early). Not all of the players at the top programs are studs. The programs number 1 & 2 recruits are usually significantly stronger than the 9 & 10 recruits.
Just look at Syracuse, can't tell me they are paying all 50 girls. Top programs all have the same cash, why don't girls go to lesser programs to get more $$$ and then those teams would jump up to the top? Florida overpaid some and got close but it's still hard to understand the stranglehold on the championships by a couple of teams. Will the shot clock make it like the wild west and bring more teams into the mix?
