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Message: [QUOTE="malpearl31, post: 3758680, member: 6520"] No question about it, especially when you see how one-and-done players like Jalen Johnson or Terrence Clarke can leave programs like Duke and Kentucky in the middle of the season, so as to not hurt their future draft prospects. And then when you factor in the explosion in transfers in recent years, and the increase in waivers granting immediate eligibility at the new school... College Basketball is completely different from what a lot of us grew up with in the 70s, 80s and 90s. There's often so much talk on this board about how Syracuse is down and how JB has lost a step for a variety of reasons... but this year in particular shows how very hard it is for any school to stay relevant year after year, as JB has done. Just about all of the 'blue bloods' have struggled in recent years, and that's something that I think a lot of us overlook because we're so hyper-focused on what's going on within the Syracuse program. [/QUOTE]