re: NCAA conference commissioners considering reinstating freshman ineligibility

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the tournament isn't won in March, it's won in recruiting season

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Wouldn't this apply to every college sport, then?

By the way, I disagree with your statement. I don't think Shabazz Napier was a super recruit but he put UConn on his back for six games and won it all last year. Same with Kemba Walker and UConn's 2011 title. Their opponent that season? Butler, and the average person couldn't name a single player off of that roster without looking it up (Gordon Hayward was there in 2010, but in the NBA in 2011).

Winning the recruiting battle certainly helps, and you'll almost always get to the tournament with a top recruiting class (Kentucky team that somehow lost to Robert Morris in the NIT not withstanding), but once you get to the tourney, one bad shooting night can end a great team's season, like it has done so many times in early tourney exits for Duke. On the flip side, an average team can get scalding hot from 3pt land (2002 Indiana says hello) and win a few games they probably shouldn't.