The better team won tonight, for sure, as much as it hurts me to say it. I've been watching jones all year, and he has been doing this same stuff almost every game late in games when they needed it. They played their perfect game, even without a good Oklafor performance.But still, Wisconsin played its role, it beat UK and MattD’s perfect athletic team. So I’m happy you got the win tonight, but I hope in the future, you will value a little more what teams like Wisconsin are able to accomplish with player development, and see the beauty that is college basketball if everything is not aimed towards one and dones and NBA.
Im a bigger NBA fan than college. NBA basketball far exceeds college in terms of quality and talent…not even close. Until the one and done rules change, college basketball will continue to be a joke. Player development is just not something Im a fan of in general. Im a fan of seeing the most talented players and teams win because they generally play a higher level of basketball that I prefer to view from a purely aesthetic standpoint.
Fair enough. That’s a valid point. My take on things is that those types of talents you talk about should just go to the NBA and try to make their splash. College ball should be their own thing, based on development and your loyalties and dedication to your university. I honestly feel no better joy than seeing a kid who was nothing in HS, being picked up in college, play in the national championship and finish as a lottery pick. That’s beautiful. It actually makes a difference in kids’ lives.
What coach K and Calipari do doesn’t make a difference, it exploits talent for one year. It disgusts meThat’s basically my whole point, this idiotic one and done rule puts nearly every program at a competitive disadvantage to the extent that you are compelled to put freshman on the floor that clearly have no business there unless you can recruit 3-4 five star kids per year. I’d rather those kids ride the bench for 2 years, and start seeing regular minutes as upperclassmen, the way it was in the 80s. College basketball was exponentially better back then.
I do disagree to the extent that Coach K and Cal don’t make a positive impact on kids’ lives. They are offering kids that in some cases, are very disadvantaged, the opportunity to have a way out for lack of a better term…and that is worth something in my view considering my own upbringing.
Bottom line, allow kids to enter the NBA straight from HS and mandate 2-3 years if kids decide to pursue college, and all of basketball will be a better place. There are racial undertones to that stupid rule, and it disgusts me on every level.
What I’m saying is that coach K and Cal don’t actually make a difference in terms of improving their skills. They are there basically as “sports agents” showcasing some kid’s skills and value from it by making deep tournament runs. You might say that it makes a difference in that kids life, but honestly, most of those kids who make it to those kind of programs and then go to the NBA, honestly didn’t need coach K or Cal’s mentorship to make it in the NBA anyway.
That’s why brown for example doesn’t really need us if his only goal is the NBA.But you are right, the issue is the one and done policy.
I even have to disagree with the improvement angle. Let’s be real here, practicing against UK/Duke level talent every day in practice is going to simulate and prepare a player much better for the league than the subpar type of athletic ability and raw talent on our current roster.
but may the best team win! It is definitely going to be an amazing game