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Where Massachusetts High School Basketball Players Go to College
Of the 1,042 players from Massachusetts high schools on a college roster in our data, 31% played their college basketball in Massachusetts.
Computed from 1,042 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Nov 3, 2026
31% stay in-state.
Massachusetts is below the 43% all-state baseline.
Massachusetts skews toward D3.
60% of Massachusetts players in the dataset reached D3, against 42% nationally.
New York and New Hampshire are the first destinations out.
Among players leaving Massachusetts, 19% went to New York and 10% to New Hampshire.
Massachusetts's college players skew heavily toward D3
Massachusetts
n = 1,042
All states
n = 35,611
| MA | All states | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 27% | 34% | −7 pts |
| D2 | 13% | 24% | −11 pts |
| D3 | 60% | 42% | +18 pts |
Where Massachusetts players land
Destination states| Destination state | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 328 | 31% |
| New York | 137 | 13% |
| New Hampshire | 72 | 7% |
| Connecticut | 65 | 6% |
| Maine | 58 | 6% |
| Rhode Island | 56 | 5% |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | 5% |
| Illinois | 27 | 3% |
Which programs take Massachusetts players
Historical landings| Program | Division | State | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Boston | D3 | Massachusetts | 21 |
| WPI | D3 | Massachusetts | 18 |
| Emmanuel | D3 | Massachusetts | 17 |
| AIC | D2 | Massachusetts | 16 |
| Bates | D3 | Maine | 15 |
| Colby | D3 | Maine | 14 |
| Keene State | D3 | New Hampshire | 14 |
| New England College | D3 | New Hampshire | 14 |
| Roger Williams | D3 | Rhode Island | 14 |
| UMass Dartmouth | D3 | Massachusetts | 14 |
| Program | Division | State | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | D1 | Rhode Island | 12 |
| Harvard | D1 | Massachusetts | 10 |
| Boston University | D1 | Massachusetts | 8 |
| UMass | D1 | Massachusetts | 8 |
| Penn | D1 | Pennsylvania | 7 |
| Princeton | D1 | New Jersey | 6 |
| New Haven | D1 | Connecticut | 6 |
| Colgate | D1 | New York | 5 |
| Columbia | D1 | New York | 5 |
| Merrimack | D1 | Massachusetts | 5 |
| Program | Division | State | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | D2 | Massachusetts | 16 |
| Assumption | D2 | Massachusetts | 12 |
| Bentley | D2 | Massachusetts | 9 |
| Post | D2 | Connecticut | 8 |
| Franklin Pierce | D2 | New Hampshire | 7 |
| Saint Anselm | D2 | New Hampshire | 6 |
| Mercy | D2 | New York | 4 |
| Saint Michael's | D2 | Vermont | 4 |
| Southern Connecticut | D2 | Connecticut | 4 |
| SNHU | D2 | New Hampshire | 4 |
| Program | Division | State | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Boston | D3 | Massachusetts | 21 |
| WPI | D3 | Massachusetts | 18 |
| Emmanuel | D3 | Massachusetts | 17 |
| Bates | D3 | Maine | 15 |
| Colby | D3 | Maine | 14 |
| Keene State | D3 | New Hampshire | 14 |
| New England College | D3 | New Hampshire | 14 |
| Roger Williams | D3 | Rhode Island | 14 |
| UMass Dartmouth | D3 | Massachusetts | 14 |
| Western New England | D3 | Massachusetts | 14 |
What this means for a Massachusetts recruit
How to read itStart local, but don't stop local.
31% of Massachusetts players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.
Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.
Massachusetts's historical landings skew toward D3 (60% vs 42% nationally).
Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.
A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.
Those are the historical patterns for Massachusetts. Where does your profile fit?
Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
Methodology
Source · sample · scope1,042 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27
Definitions and scope
- Source
- Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
- Home state
- The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
- Level
- Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
- Sample
- 1,042 players from Massachusetts high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
- Computed
- Nov 3, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1
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