[Goose]

I'm thinking the departure of USC and UCLA are going to improve Stanford and Cal's "local" recruiting because recruits are starting to understand that staying close to home is better. Most transfers, and there are a lot, tend to chose a college closer to home. 

The LA schools will not be playing any teams close to California and the conference tournament will be in Minnesota. I could be wrong but I'm hoping the California recruits stay in state or at least on the West Coast.

It is going to be interesting what this does to recruiting at U$C and UCLA. I have seen predictions all over the map, so I guess nobody really knows. There are undoubtedly some So Cal kids (and kids from elsewhere) that will be attracted to U$C that previously wouldn't go there because they thought the PAC-12 wasn't good enough. OTOH there are undoubtedly So Cal kids that didn't want to go play in the snow. Those kids now have no choice, and can go to other B1G schools just as well. YMMV.

[Goose]

I'm thinking the departure of USC and UCLA are going to improve Stanford and Cal's "local" recruiting because recruits are starting to understand that staying close to home is better. Most transfers, and there are a lot, tend to chose a college closer to home. 

The LA schools will not be playing any teams close to California and the conference tournament will be in Minnesota. I could be wrong but I'm hoping the California recruits stay in state or at least on the West Coast.

It is going to be interesting what this does to recruiting at U$C and UCLA. I have seen predictions all over the map, so I guess nobody really knows. There are undoubtedly some So Cal kids (and kids from elsewhere) that will be attracted to U$C that previously wouldn't go there because they thought the PAC-12 wasn't good enough. OTOH there are undoubtedly So Cal kids that didn't want to go play in the snow. Those kids now have no choice, and can go to other B1G schools just as well. YMMV.