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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2315828, member: 405"]
You're entitled to your opinion.  You may think mine is wrong, but it's accurate. College coaches do the same thing, and base much of their recruiting on how kids do head-to-head at these AAU showcase events.  NCAA players who blow up in the tournament often see their draft stock rise.  I don't see how you can debate this, really.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist went 2nd in the 2012 NBA draft, off the strength of Kentucky's national championship.

Kemba Walker went ahead of Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard in the 2011 draft. Do you think UConn's national championship had anything to do with a little guard like him being drafted so high?

Do you think Frank Kaminsky was helped by Wisconsin making the Final Four his junior and senior year?  He's a 7 footer in the NBA who only averages 4 rebounds a game and shoots 40% from the floor.  For a big man. He was a top 1o pick.

Did the 2013 Final Four appearance push Trey Burke into a top 10 pick, or MCW to 11th?  MCW can't really shoot.  Should he have gone so high?

I could keep going, but I have work to do right now.
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