Originally Posted by
SkyBrickey
When all the stars are in the NBA, other stars shall shine.
Nice quips - the truth will land somewhere in the middle. In all this, I’m most curious about how aggressive Duke will become in pursuing transfers vs high schoolers. And will we, and others, be accused of “stealing players”?
I expect some angry fan bases when a late bloomer has a breakout freshman or sophomore year and then transfers “up” to a Duke or a Gonzaga.
The world has changed, and the D-II coaches have realized they may be more of a JUCO system, with the guys who can play D-I moving up as soon as they get a good offer.
I still like my "summer camp" metaphor for the new age of college hoops. Every April the college players look around, much like teens going to summer camp, and decide where they want to report for hoops and classes in August. Then they decide. There may be limits on how often they can do that, but those also may fall by the wayside, too -- and there are always graduate transfers.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013