Are you currently in High School, working your butt off aiming for that college scholarship to play basketball? Or do you know someone that is?
If so, you/they need to see this video.
Here is a reality check on what your actual chances are of getting that scholarship to play Division 1 basketball.
Here’s the maths:
- There are currently 351 Division 1 teams that each offer 13 scholarships a year.
- On average, that means there are 1141 available new scholarships each year.
- However, 30% of Junior College/Prep School players take those scholarships (342 total) that leaves us with 800.
- Additionally, 10% of all scholarships go to overseas players which means we need to take off another 114.
- That leaves us with 686 players that Division 1 schools can sign directly out of High School in the US.
- Now let’s do some sums. There are 38,400 public and private High Schools in the US that offer a basketball programme.
- On average, there are 4 seniors that play for each varsity team.
- This means there are 154,600 High School Seniors, give or take, trying to get 686 scholarships.
- The math on that? 0.4%. Yes, as an American High School Senior you have a 0.4% chance of getting an NCAA Division 1 scholarship.
- It gets worse though. Half of these scholarships will go to players 6’5″ or taller. So if you’re under 6’5″, reduce your chances to about 0.2%.
However, all is not lost. Division 2 programme offers 765 scholarships per year, and NAIA schools offers a thousand plus, half or full, scholarships. So in total this increases your odds to around a 1% chance of getting a scholarship to college if you’re a HS senior.
They say pressure bursts pipes or makes diamonds. The question is, are you going to use this as a sign you have no hope and give up, or use it as motivation to work even harder?
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Very interesting thxx
Thanks for the article
Nice post. Thanks
Nice post. Thanks
I will write those numbers down and educate my clients
I like the ending better it was more realistic.
I always tell kids. Just have fun….because you are NOT going to the NBA
That ain’t right to say ball is some of our life only way some of us gone make it somewhere 9/10 some don’t get pick but damn Hope wouldn’t be so bad and this all I ever talk bout since I was little to make it big one day and give my mom something nice in life
Don't you think that 's an unusual thing to say?
I wish i could have just one chance
I wouldn't want my kids to play for you because kids should be encouraged to reach for the heavens and you sound like you do not have confidence so with that being said you couldn't instill that in the youth
Grades 1st then basketball!
Mr. Mitchell, navigate your career and give yourself a chance.
You're horrible.
Try Robotics!! We offer scholarships…. First Robotics
great advice this is reality all you can ask is for them is to give 110% and get the education that's what determines what job you qualify for after sports, every kid has his or her own dream not their parents dream from their failed years let the kids go for their own future.
Yes academics first but my son his very good at bball..however he goes to a large school and they chose so many players and they did not pick half their freshman team to play their sophomore year. Football players seem to get 1st on spot on team…So try AAU but pricy but not giving up….
Love that you added Faith First!
This is real….We should teach our kids that the best and safest place in the world to be in is in the will of God. If that is the NBA, so be it. If not, all is well…I tell my son to do his part with the grades and hard work, and with God, all things are possible.
Rule number #1 for every parent the signs their child up for sports,music,art or any other thing that they do……..Your child might be good but they are not as good as YOU think they are.
where do you I get started?
As a D1 athlete in 2 sports the best thing I did was focus on school and position myself for the real world once I graduated. Athletics will get you almost all the way there, it only takes the same on court/field motivation to succeed in the real world once you're done (like 99% of D1 athletes), and you can do whatever you want.
As a parent our Job is to encourage our children to do the best that they can. I believe that as you encourage hard work and diligence in all areas of their life a person can do anything. I can't, you can't and other words like those that put doubt in the mind of a person striving to do something is detrimental to the success. As a person moves on their motivations towards sports or other things will change they may continue in sports or they may change paths and become an Electrical engineer or other…. If their focus is set on the NBA so be it let them strive to get there in order to go that path I tell all of my children it is more than just shooting or dribbling a basketball you must be complete in all areas and that is what I work on. so for you coaches that did not make it to the NBA but now have an opportunity to help someone else. Heal your bruised egos and help the youth leave doubt off the table doubt and unbelief is no good in any area encouragement to the highest level.
What fuels this irresistible, blinded urge to do whatever' it takes to get a college scholarship? Is it the possibility of playing in the NBA? Nope. The real reason people are grinding their kids to be one of those 1% is the fact that college is unaffordable for most Americans. It's sad, but true.
yeah, it's tough- and it's much much tougher to get to the NBA. i'd go to a D1 school with a strong academic reputation and faculty and try to walk on before i'd go to a small unknown school that would give me a watered down scholarship to play ball for them. if all else fails, i get the strong degree from a well known state school with good academics, and i don't have to struggle finding a job later because i got my degree from an unknown little school no one has heard of other than the people who live in that town and grew up there.
What are the odds, for someone who does not play varsity in high school?
I would suggest playing AAU if you can, that is even more important than high school.
Thanks for the info Mary…gonna share this Miles Oliver
What are the odds?? I have two boys have been playing basketball since age of 3! ( they are 10 and 7 now). They are projecting to be 6'7 and 6'8!! One had natural talent and the other is a mastery in skill? What are the odds Divison one? I think it's also in the preparation and how you position your kids to be marketed and advertised as well.
Reach for the heavens ** at what cost **? Are they in the driveway or at the gym shooting instead of studying? Is it "NBA or bust" for a kid at 14 who's parents are both 5'8"?
"Shooting for the moon" only works when failure doesn't leave you to die in the cold black of deep space. If you let a kid shoot for something that you can plainly see they will never make, the sacrifices along the way will significantly harm their ability to make a good life for themselves and their children as they get older.
I agree and applaud them for not being afraid to say so.
And once you get that elusive scholarship, you've got to hang on to it.
Owning the team is better. Remember..no employee makes more than the owner. I don't care how many $millions/yr they make
That's good cause most kids wanna be in the nba
I can't help but wonder if the people criticizing you READ this. Most kids playing High school ball WON'T make it to the NBA. Hell only a small percentage of them will play COLLEGE ball. Coach Peachey is simply telling these kids the truth. Would you rather he lie and tell them that each of them will play in the NBA, make the allstar team every year, get four championships each, get into the hall of fame on the first ballot and retire with a mansion, Ferarri, lucrative endorsement deal and a big booty 3:tch to go with it? Well…it aint happening.
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Pastor, I agree, most of the Kids who do get in D1, struggle with the schedule and academics of University life. The truth is that it will be there children who receive the benefits of College, not them. Most adults who push their kids, in Sports that hard have never attended a D1 school.
Vonndria Necee Frost, this will be a great read for Donnie. Motivation to keep striving and doing his best to get to where he wants to be!
It is thousands of folks like you that think their son or daughter is very good. Very good is relevant only until they get around others that are better, then you blame the HS coaches for their inferiority. Then you pay for AAU where coaches don't coach but let the kids play street ball, and forget about fundamentals. He talks a good game and better play everyone since he or she is ripping you off for tons of money that they don't even report to the IRS. Oh yes, they also tell you they will hook you up with a college scholarship. What they don't tell you is that even if they can get that scholarship, read the article again if you think it is a guarantee, the college coach checks with the HS coach on everything, grades, attitude, homelife, etc. Not everyone is the next LeBron.
Janice Devers I'm not blaming the coach at all..its just a little different from where we use to live…I will not say I was wrong in saying my son is good at basketball because he is…but will admit he could work harder if he wants that spot on the team…however he is a smart kid amd loves basketball so I will make sure he has the opportunity no matter what…and the AAU we are participating are the same ppl that has been doing their skills training…but you are right about one thing I have seen teams that are not helping them fundamentals but Street Ball and those are the ones who are good but have to takr a step back because they were not taught the correct fundamentals and some of them are Hotheads..lol thats what I call them…P.S sounds like you have been through it..thanks for the input..got me thinking…
Really? We just lost to Embry Riddle in the Elite 8 as an NAIA team in the National Finals. Top aeronautical engineering school in the US.
They have a better chance of being struck by lightning while holding their winning powerball ticket durring their 3 way with Kate Upton and Sofia Vergara.
Another missed point is that the scholarships are for just 1 year. It gets renewed on a yearly basis and there are performance and academic goals that have to be met. It's cut throath
Another point is AAU and who the coaches know.Because if you got a good AAU coach.He can get the worst player on a team in a D1 school.Because a lot of D1 players really can't play D1 ball.
It's definitely tough.. the only reason I made it to be a D1 basketball player is because I didn't think about scholarships, just playing and preparing to be the best and something I loved to do.. The more you think about the road traveled and less about where you're going, it'll be less pressure and everything will fall into place if it's meant to be
Video is weak.
Very well said.
And wat if they are? Somebody has to go to the Nba/Nfl/Mlb y not your child?
Never give up on your dreams. Where one door closes, open another! Dream BIG!!!
You can be a great student and a great athlete. It's not and either or situation. Focused kids can priorities both.
Very difficult, I went D1, I believe being 6'6" had much to do with it along with being a pretty good athlete and having good touch/skills. But it gets harder once you get there, just the beginning. Competing with other all state players who are juniors and seniors, transfers coming from big programs, politics etc. Plus a lot of the players had high basketball IQs. Brace yourself, it's extremely difficult and you are a slave to the university.
My name is Victor I want basketball scholarship and to study in Australia and I will be 17 years next year thanks