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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 2210154, member: 430"]
NCAA division 2 basketball already has the signing period set from April 12 - August 1st just like college baseball does, so it would just be a case of extending the signing day which would align NCAA division 1 basketball with the same closing signing day as most other NCAA sports (Football being the one exclusion).

MLB teams have the same risk with the draft.  They get verbals from kids and then have to wait and see whether they are drafted or not.  USC was hit by that one year so bad that it set their program back 4 or 5 years because they targeted too many blue chip prospects that ultimately decided to enter the draft.  It effectively would alter the way that NCAA Basketball programs recruit, but I don't think that's a bad thing compared to recruiting right now.  It's a risk/reward model, with the reward being that once you get a kid signed, you actually have him in your program for basically a minimum of 3 seasons.  I think the MLB model would actually benefit Syracuse a lot as we tend to do well with landing the top 25-50 kids that are a threat to bolt after a solid year or two in the program.

But you're right, I'm sure there would be JC teams that effectively adopt the Calipari model and become powerhouse programs.  I don't follow college baseball much but I'm sure there are JC programs like that on the baseball side.
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