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Where Massachusetts High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 796 players from Massachusetts high schools on a college roster in our data, 31% played their college basketball in Massachusetts.

Computed from 796 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 1, 2026

796
players in the dataset
31%
stayed in Massachusetts
29%
reached D1
New York
#1 destination outside Massachusetts

31% stay in-state.

Massachusetts is below the 43% all-state baseline.

Massachusetts skews toward D3.

59% of Massachusetts players in the dataset reached D3, against 41% nationally.

New York and New Hampshire are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Massachusetts, 19% went to New York and 9% to New Hampshire.

Massachusetts's college players skew heavily toward D3

Massachusetts vs all states · share of players at each level

Massachusetts

D129%
D212%
D359%

n = 796

All states

D136%
D223%
D341%

n = 29,117

MAAll statesDifference
D129%36%−7 pts
D212%23%−11 pts
D359%41%+18 pts

Where Massachusetts players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Massachusetts24531%
New York10413%
New Hampshire516%
Rhode Island506%
Connecticut446%
Maine435%
Pennsylvania395%
Illinois253%

Which programs take Massachusetts players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
EmmanuelD3Massachusetts16
AICD2Massachusetts13
BatesD3Maine13
ColbyD3Maine13
New England CollegeD3New Hampshire13
Roger WilliamsD3Rhode Island13
WheatonD3Illinois13
BrownD1Rhode Island12
RivierD3New Hampshire12
SpringfieldD3Massachusetts12

What this means for a Massachusetts recruit

How to read it

Start 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 (59% vs 41% 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.
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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

796 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
796 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
September 1, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1
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