Coach K, USA Select, and doing things the right way

[Lord Ash]

LOVED this story from Andy Katz...

USA Select Team Rewards Upper Classmen (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/5364358)

Is anyone else not shocked by this? Apparently K pushed some years ago for the Select team to feature only upperclassmen. I LOVE this... absolutely love it. Not only does it give older guys who have really "stuck it out" a chance to shine and be seen on a bigger stage, but in a bigger way it really speaks highly of K's loyalty to the game as a whole and what makes the game great... namely, those older players who grow and develop and embody programs like very few one-and-dones can do.

I absolutely loved this story... it just seemed like a very "K" thing to do.

[MarkD83]

Upperclassman also understand that it is a team game and there is no way they will compete with an NBA-talent level team unless they play together. A lot of "one and done" players have won on talent alone in high school and in college. Talent alone won't be what is needed to challenge the US Olympic team.

[Lord Ash]

Excellent point... you DO see a lot more "well trained, experienced" teams in world competition than "super-talented but young" teams.