What has happened to Nor Cal talents inhabiting the rosters of Nor Cal colleges?

Now there's no law requiring such and certainly no guarantee of a winning season simply by bringing in some locals and regionals but how can certain northern Californian college and university basketball programs either lack a single scholarshipped homegrown talent or have just a token number?

It's an unfathomable situation simply based on the number of geographically available recruits.

San Francisco has two players from the Bay Area in Randy Cruzett and Stokley Chaffee. The former is definitely a walk-on, not sure about the latter but that status seems likely. However, Coach Rex Walters does have Jordan Ratinho out of De La Salle High coming in next season.

Santa Clara has four recruits out of southern California -- zero from here.

The St. Mary's roster contains two walk-ons out of northern California with two southern Californians on scholarship. But Jordan Ford out of Folsom High will be suiting up for the Gaels next season alongside a new Aussie and a signee from Arizona.

San Jose State University has three walk-ons out of northern California although Frank (Salinas High) Rogers was formerly 'shipped. Gary Williams Jr. out of Oakland is the sole northie on scholarship. Next season, Coach Dave Wojcik has a SoCal frontcourter coming in as well as Indiana's Nai Carlisle who formerly lived in San Jose. Moreau Catholic's Terrell Brown remains a Spartan commit although he didn't sign in November.

Pacific has four players plus two walk-ons out of northern California on scholarship. The Tigers also have a trio out of southern California plus a walk-on from that area. Coach Ron Verlin signed a prep guard out of Washington last month.

Sacramento State is the winner as such via five scholarshipped northerners plus a walk-on. There are also four talents from So Cal plus a walk-on. Plus, Beyer High guard George Dancer signed in November.

The UC Davis roster contains three northern California talents (two seniors and a junior) plus five out of the southern portion of the state. A big, St. Francis High's Peter Hewitt, will come aboard next year.

Now, four of these schools are private institutions which seemingly allows greater flexibility in the number of out-of-state prospects who can be signed. Being public schools and not necessarily in possession of bulging recruiting budgets, San Jose State University and Sacramento State have more restrictions and in-state signees are much less costly.

Maybe a dearth of northern California prospects is a factor in roster spots but we're not talking about a set of schools seeking four or five-star talents.