A player may be very good and can get a spot on some D1 school with little to no scholarship $. Same player may get a $ offer to play at a D2 school which also may be a better academic school. Some will choose to go D1 for pride I guess, but many D1 worthy players opt for D2. Everyone has their own needs to fill with tons of pro and cons for any school under consideration, don't get hung up on playing D1 for all the wrong reasons.