Lafer said "Three of the players (including
myself) lived in Michigan and went to MI high schools
(myself from Plymouth Salem, Josh Crawford & Jeff
Shattock from Detroit Catholic Central). I decided to go
to Michigan because of the proximity and the price;
it is an amazing deal to be able to go to Michigan,
one of the best public schools in the country, for
the in-state price. I assume Josh & Jeff had similar
reasons."
Also, MAC does a good job of getting involved with HS
tournaments and getting to know all the area high school
kids, which serves as at least some incentive for some
of the good ones.
Other qbers, besides Lafer
and co., considered it as well, for myriad reasons.