re: Torvik's 2021-2022 College Basketball Preseason Projections

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Teams with experience have a leg up every year. I mean it's obvious what you're trying to do here, but it's impossible to come up with any sort of scenario where the nature of last season benefitted Alabama and Alabama only.

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In a normal year you are correct. This past year prevented teams from Summer Practices and overseas trips. Teams like UK use that to develop their "one and done" players. Didn't happen this year and we saw the results. Fall practice was effected. Teams that had players in the programs a few years had a big advantage. Teams that had players with experience at the college level could adjust. Player without this experience could benefit from the more experienced players once the season started. I said this before the season started. Look at UCLA, the limped into the NCAAT based on their season. Then they started hitting their stride once they got that needed experience.