In other words, fit it in where it won't hurt either of the top two. You will waste your time and mine and it will be a guaranteed chance for failure. Water Polo receives nothing for the games that are televised in our sport. The NCAA sets limitations as to how many scholarships can be given in each sports. There are only a few schoo ls that give out the full complement of 4.5 full scholarships, the others have less.
Most coaches break scholarships up to help more players.
There are at present about 43 schools playing NCAA Mens' Water Polo, but only some give scholarships. Because the funds tend to be spread over the 4 or 5 years represented on a team, probably no school is going to have more than 2 full scholarship to give a year, and most will have less. All this means that every program has to be very selective with scholarships. Most recruits feel they deserve some kind of financial aid for what they have done in high school, which may be true from their point of view. In a non-revenue sport like Water Polo this is not realistic.