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The top 4-5 C.C. schools recruit. If they don't, they will either not be very good or they will learn how to. Basically the process as I've seen it firsthand is you pull in a few 'assistant coaches' and they spread out a bit to various programs and summer teams to identify what is basically middle school talent. They approach the kid with promises and have them tour the school and the financial aid office. Coach does the meet & greet and off you go! 
They all recruit and have been for years. Why wouldn't they. They have no border constraints, so they don't have to find a "relative" that lives in town to sell a kids residence to the MIAA(See Everett Football/basketball for details.)The diffencce is X and SJP still have acedemic integrity, so its much tougher to sneak a kid on athletic skills alone. MC, AP, BCH, and CM don't have those problems AND they do a good job of getting kids looks at the Jr/College ranks. Really not much of a mystery. My only question is what the heck happened to Matignon? Apparently they got left behind on both fronts.