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To: driftless2

I’m sure if he spent four years with Coach K, he would come out ready to play at a high level in the NBA. That’s the problem with today’s college basketball, the athleticism is there, no doubt, but the skill level is severely lacking and players never fully develop their game, it boils down to which team is more athletic than anything.


10 posted on 04/07/2015 11:47:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I'll give Duke some credit for many of their years they did seem to have a lot of players graduating. But it seems in latter years Coach K has recruited a lot of players who make it clear they're one and done.

This year the Badgers lost one of the nation's best hs players, Diamond Stone (from a Wisconsin hs), to conference rival Maryland. There are rumors Stone will be one and done. In that case, I'm glad we didn't get him. I don't want one and done players just to win a nat. championsip. Believe me, I'm still smarting from last night, but I'd rather we do it the way we're doing it than Kentucky or many of those other schools.

And incidentally, I don't begrudge the players who leave after one year one bit. They're just looking out for their future. I might do the same thing if someone waved a million dollars in my face. It's the system that stinks.

38 posted on 04/07/2015 3:18:46 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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