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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2841406, member: 285"]
I really doubt the caliber of play of freshman basketball teams would be higher than what these kids experience at AAU or the high level basketball high schools that the better players play at.

I understood the concept from the perspective of thinking that playing a varsity sport and getting acclimated to college life might be too much, but I really don’t buy an argument that it’s develpomentally beneficial.

How would you find enough eligible players to fill out a freshman roster?  If the varsity team takes 3-4 new players on average, what happens to the others?   How would you put together a team that was good enough to aid these kids development if there wasn’t going to be a roster spot on the varsity for half of them at the end of their freshman campaign?

Seems like the idea of freshman and JV college teams died because they were impractical.  With so many college teams playing at a high level and getting exposure I don’t think you’ll convince kids with any real ability to play on a non-varsity track.
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