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[QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 1764243, member: 230"]
The quality of play between the pros and college is night and day.  There is no longer any comparison.  The pros hit their shots and their shots are far more difficult.  The best pros are bigger and stronger and far better than most any of their predecessors.  There are no longer any great players in college.  As soon as they flash potential they are gone.  The top handful of college players, at the most, get good PT their first year as a pro, where they generally are little more than a fifth wheel.  There are only a few exceptions and some years no exceptions.  The best college players start out as NBA understudies.

Due to both lack of talent and turnover, college ball will be relegated to parochial interest.   There will still be interest in the Big Dance, but regular season interest will fade for general audiences.

The regular NBA season does not have as much interest as it might if fewer teams made the playoffs but there is still enough stability that fans support their teams by identifying with their players.  Due to turnover, college ball is too unstable to form such allegiances among non-affiliated fans.
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