I guess it would be a bonus, but it's a very very very very very small in compared to the big picture which is millions upon millions of dollars playing against the best the world has to offer. I'm willing to bet that every single guy on the SU national championship team (outside Melo obviously because he has it) would trade their college time and the championship for a 10 year NBA career making the league minimum. NCAA basketball is pretty much a requirement for Simmons, yeah I'm sure it will suck he's not in the tournament but that taste in his mouth will be gone the second his college career is done and he signs with an agent and that first shoe deal before he even hits the combine.