Idk, I think there's enough talent in the Chicago area + Milwaukee and Indiana to put together a team. Can't be much worse than the teams they've been putting on the court lately anyway. Plus, recruiting locally means that players friends and family can more easily make it to both home and away games. It looks like they do that quite a bit anyway with 10 out of their 14 players either within the "Chicagoland area" or a short train ride away. They can still offer scholarships and other aid to players, plus if a player ends up being really good, I think it's a little easier to transfer to a NCAA D1 school from an NAIA school than it is from a different NCAA D1 school...so players would have a little more flexibility in their future options.
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