Most the people in California suck, just watch 5 mins of the Oscars and you'll see that.
However, if ball is what you're going to school for then the weather in So Cal is the best in the nation for it. Add the nation's best beaches and amusement parks and you have what all teenagers would want.
People's excrement smells the same everywhere you go, would you rather smell it with nice weather and lots of stuff to do or would you rather smell it where there's nothing to do and the weather sucks?
Your assumptions about people from CA are as flawed as your assumptions about the reasons why kids select a college.