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re: "One and done is killing college basketball"
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:19 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:19 pm to Henry Jones Jr
A few reasons why "one and done" is hurting college basketball:
1. It's a mentality that almost every relatively big time recruit has that he is good enough to only have to play one year of college basketball. That's not just confined to the top 10 or so player who actually ARE that good, but players who are ranked in the 40's, 50's and 60's coming out of HS. Thus, you see many good players leave either after their 1st or at most 2nd year of college ball because they see staying any longer than that as almost an admission that they aren't as good as maybe they thought they were.
When you continue to lose good college players prematurely, the quality of the game suffers. Just imagine if some of these guys who leave knowing they will likely be drafted in the 2nd round (if at all) decided to stay.
2. In the 80's you had a lot of GREAT college players (Ralph Sampson, Patrick Ewing, etc.) all stay at least through their junior year. It gave teams a chance to build rivalries which was great for fans.
1. It's a mentality that almost every relatively big time recruit has that he is good enough to only have to play one year of college basketball. That's not just confined to the top 10 or so player who actually ARE that good, but players who are ranked in the 40's, 50's and 60's coming out of HS. Thus, you see many good players leave either after their 1st or at most 2nd year of college ball because they see staying any longer than that as almost an admission that they aren't as good as maybe they thought they were.
When you continue to lose good college players prematurely, the quality of the game suffers. Just imagine if some of these guys who leave knowing they will likely be drafted in the 2nd round (if at all) decided to stay.
2. In the 80's you had a lot of GREAT college players (Ralph Sampson, Patrick Ewing, etc.) all stay at least through their junior year. It gave teams a chance to build rivalries which was great for fans.
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:21 pm to Alt26
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2. In the 80's you had a lot of GREAT college players (Ralph Sampson, Patrick Ewing, etc.) all stay at least through their junior year. It gave teams a chance to build rivalries which was great for fans.
The Kentucky vs. Louisville rivalry hasn't suffered at all in light of early entries for either team. If anything it's been taken to a whole new level with both consistently having some decent tournament runs where they've ended up facing each other no less.
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1. It's a mentality that almost every relatively big time recruit has that he is good enough to only have to play one year of college basketball. That's not just confined to the top 10 or so player who actually ARE that good, but players who are ranked in the 40's, 50's and 60's coming out of HS. Thus, you see many good players leave either after their 1st or at most 2nd year of college ball because they see staying any longer than that as almost an admission that they aren't as good as maybe they thought they were.
You had that mentality coming out of high school. And there were some NBA teams dumb enough to draft some of those kids too.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:25 pm to Alt26
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It gave teams a chance to build rivalries which was great for fans.
Championships are better for fans than a rivalry
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