Parity in college basketball

[InWuWeTrust]

This is one of the reasons the power conferences want to up the scholarships to 15. Shrinks the talent pool for the "lesser" schools.

no matter how many scholarships you have, you only have 200 minutes per game to share.. i'm not so sure it'll work

[Dave Stalwart]

no matter how many scholarships you have, you only have 200 minutes per game to share.. i'm not so sure it'll work

I wonder about this too. Guys still want playing time. Guys will still go pro and disappear early from rosters too. I almost wonder if there's a weird way where 15 scholarships will actually be more beneficial to the non blue bloods because it enables you to hold more 4 and 5 year developing talents.

[proshox]

Lets assume the NBA goes to a "college baseball rule" of none or three years, I think the top 25 gets stronger overall. I doubt teams 1-5 get much better, but teams 5-20 should improve immensely....

College basketball used to be full of sophomores and upperclassman that were sure fire all stars in the NBA. That just isn't the case anymore which means there just aren't that many great teams in college basketball.

[BikeIdiot]

This idea is from a good friend of mine: He things HCGM might be positioning WSU to be in good shape if 15 scholarships become available to him.

[shockerfanmas]

I think Kentucky would get some of the top freshman, even if the rule was changed. As long as Coach Calipari and his cheating ways are at Kentucky, they'll continue to get top recruiting classes. I'm sure he would promise them something. I will say this, there is a lot more parity in the mens game than there is the womens game, and it's not even close

[GarH]

I think this has more to do with elite teams playing so many freshman and sophomores.

You hit it on the head. The elite "teams" have a lot of their players leaving for the NBA after a year or two. Some of those players are just auditioning for the NBA while they are in college. Teams like the Shockers have the time to develop their players and get them to play as a team. My two favorite teams are the Shockers and the Arizona Wildcats. The Wildcats fit into one of those teams that have players leaving early for the NBA. Although Sean Miller does as good of job as he can of getting those players to play as a team, some of those of those players are still clearly focused on the NBA. I still watch the Cats, but I enjoy watching the Shockers more.