JUCO vs Div I

[Guest BALLPLAYER]

What is the best JUCO in the state of Texas?. Why would somebody choose JUCO over a Div I school?

[jdawg03]

You go JUCO because you can immediately enter the major league draft whenever you please....When you go to a D-1 school, you are obligated to stay there a certain number of years....Im sure someone can elaborate

[adminbaberuth]

Many good JUCO's in Texas. As for as the best that would be up to the individual need of the player.

Top line Texas JC’s for years have been the Blinn’s, San Jac, Grayson, Navarro and many more.

If someone had a choice the main reason would be playing time. Very few Div 1 teams will have a Freshman playing. Another reason could be the draft potential, as a Div 1 player cannot be drafted till Jr year, at a JUCO, they are available at any time.

[GoldGlove]

There are several reasons why kids would choose to go to a junior college out of high school as opposed to a D-1 school. As mentioned before, a player can be drafted out of a juco after his freshman, and/or sophomore years; at a D-1 (or any 4 year) you can only be drafted after your junior or senior season, or third year out of high school (i.e. redshirt, 2 playing seasons).

Also, jucos generally have more scholarships to offer, whereas D-1s have 11.7 scholarships per year, and very, very, few kids get "full rides," to Division 1 schools; jucos could have several players on full rides. So, a player could go to a juco, get drafted twice, not like his position in the draft, and go on to possibly get drafted one or two more times at a university.

Another plus to a juco is the regulations regarding fall practices/practice time is much less restrictive than at D-1s, which gives a player much more time to work on weaknesses and improvement is probably more likely in many cases. As for quaility of jucos in Texas, Grayson, San Jac, Blinn, North Central Texas, Navarro, and several others all have great programs with Grayson, Blinn, and San Jac usually being able to compete with most D-1s, for sure. Nationally, Yavapai, Seminole State, Meridian CC, Maple Woods, Connors State, and a few others are really strong as well.