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How can Stanford hold its own in Baseball with 7/10 of the Top 10 being from the SEC, and walk around with pants around their ankles in MBB and Football?

That’s an easy one.
Baseball has a legitimate professional alternative out of high school.  Kids have a real choice to make between becoming a pro vs. a student athlete. Plays to Stanford strengths. 
brobdingnagian crowds to play in front of (and suspect now NIL) also play less of a role.

[TriangleTree]

How can Stanford hold its own in Baseball with 7/10 of the Top 10 being from the SEC, and walk around with pants around their ankles in MBB and Football?

That’s an easy one.
Baseball has a legitimate professional alternative out of high school.  Kids have a real choice to make between becoming a pro vs. a student athlete. Plays to Stanford strengths. 
brobdingnagian crowds to play in front of (and suspect now NIL) also play less of a role.