[Dave] Telep, the national recruiting director of Scout.com, decided last summer to execute a semi-scientific evaluation. Call it a study of Cinderella’s DNA: what makes up a great midmajor player and why those players were not recruited by traditional powers... “You can only do my job for so long before you flip on the N.C.A.A. tournament, look at the guy from Bradley, shake your head and wonder, ‘How did that happen?’ †Telep said. “The whole goal of this study was to lessen my angst during the N.C.A.A. tournament.â€
