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[QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 1765326, member: 156"]
I look at it like this:

If you have a McDonald's All-American - or, hell, even a consensus Top 50 recruit like Ennis was and Battle is - then you have to go into the season knowing that the player is [I]at least[/I] eligible for one-and-done status.

If that player starts every game of the season, averages double figures and wins Regional MOP on a Final Four run, then he's an automatic one-and-done.

It's just how college basketball works nowadays.

Based on this criteria we have to go into 2016-17 knowing full well that Tyus Battle is one-and-done eligible and likely will be going unless he falls flat on his face - which hopefully will not happen. This mentality will prevent headaches and chest pains when he decides to forgo his final three years of eligibility.

The real trick is finding that great college player with a flaw that prevents him from immediately being a high projected draft pick (at least until his junior or senior season) - like a Shabazz Napier, Buddy Hield, Marcus Paige, Denzel Valentine, etc. But that's incredibly difficult and rare - especially at Syracuse where Boeheim places so much value on long, athletic freaks who NBA scouts salivate over.
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