From a basketball talent perspective, you're probably right. But the day job at Indy is 10 times better (teaching load, $$$, etc) and living in the Spring Hill/ Franklin area is 100 times better than the corn/cotton fields of Brownsville.
There is a reason Justin Timberlake, Faith Hill/Tim McGraw, Kirk Herbstreit, the majority of the Titans players, etc. all buy houses in that area... it's a pretty nice place to live.