Sports Rant: One-and-Done in NCAA Hoops must go
Either require two years of college or just go right after high school. How can you create any chemistry when you reload your team every year because just about every freshman you have goes pro?
NCAA hoops has been a NBA farm system for way too long now. At some institutions, classes are made exclusively for hoop players or even made up to lift GPAs so that players remain eligible (yes, there was such a thing going on at one illustrious public university of high hoops renown which shall remain nameless). Then, you'll have coaches who promise all sorts of goodies and who have shady NBA agents on the side (yes, Cal, I'm looking at you) or players whose parents 'shop' them around for the better deals.
Sure, I like to see Kentucky and UCLA and pretty much most other Div. I teams suck, but it demeans college hoops which, in my opinion, is much better than the NBA. That's why March Madness is fun - you'll see teams whose players have remained through their senior seasons beat teams of one-and-dones. And occasionally you see teams of one-and-dones win a national championship (yes, Cal, I'm still looking at you).
To me it speaks of the very little value placed on education by these athletes. There's no reason why a Div. I program such as Maryland should have a graduation rate among student-athletes in the low 30%. UofM is a great institution - a degree from there should be something great. After all, not everyone who goes pro makes it (whatever happened to Adam Morrison? Jimmer Fredette? yes, he scored some points last night, but that was an exception...).
No one is immune - hell, my team has had a few one-and-dones, including one I wish had played more than 11 games and who's turning out to be a great NBA player (Kyrie Irving, last year's NBA rookie of the year).
I just hate the one-and-done rule. Rant over!
PS: UK fans - you don't like the taste of Curry? Better L8NR than never 
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