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Message: [QUOTE="tentoesin, post: 1776096, member: 5832"] Hi, This is a great thread and I would guess it is being repeated on all "major" D1 team's boards and has been for a few years. I know this has been discussed on our board (UConn). The "One and Done" phenomenon is due to the NBA players association rule starting in 2006 I think that requires entrants to its draft to be at least 19 years old during the draft’s calendar year and one NBA season to have elapsed since the player graduated from high school. I think the reason they are doing this is because the older players don't want to get pushed out of the league by the newer players. The NBA franchises like most businesses are looking for the next big thing, the next big mover and shaker, who they think will immediately change their fortunes. The players association counters this by not allowing kids to play. The NCAA I don't believe has any say in this process. For us college basketball fans it means we lose our players early and don't get to see our players grow up in our systems like you guys got to do with Derrick Coleman for example and like we did with Cliff Robinson. Somehow Kentucky and lately Duke seem to have cornered the market on most of the 5 star kids who this rule might apply to. But I'm not sure it is actually ruining college basketball. It is changing the power balance however as we have all seen in that these teams can rack up great regular season records and get high seeds in the tournament. I think that high school kids who are old enough to actually work in their states should be able to play professionally whenever they want. This would stem the one and done tide to an extent. Think of how many kids Kentucky has gotten for a year that would have gone straight to the league if they could. Calipari can't coach for s__t anyway and if he didn't have that advantage I doubt his record would be as good as it is. As much as I dislike Duke, at least Coach K is actually a really good coach. Since 2006, I believe only two teams have won National Championships with one and done players; Kentucky in 2012 (3) and Duke in 2015 (3). I could be wrong and I'm sure you'll tell me if I am! The reason for this I think is that experienced teams who actually play together for multiple years have a better shot of winning. Examples include Villanova this year and UConn in 2014 and both Florida Championships among others. So I think programs like Syracuse, UConn, Nova, Wisconsin, Indiana etc. need to look at recruiting differently. Of course you take the 5 star one and one player if you can get them, but build your team with 4 star kids who are likely to stay more than one year, develop and hopefully build an experienced team that also has talent so that you can make the tournament and hopefully make a deep run and maybe win a championship. Your run this year to the Final Four is a great example. Even though Richardson is going in the draft he wasn't really a "one and done" player. Your team won and advanced with experience and great team defense and getting hot at the right time. Given a few different bounces of the ball and a little more depth you might have pulled it off. Since it isn't up to the NCAA or us as NCAA fans, it is up to the NBA players association as to what the rule is. Our programs need to find a way to recruit around this and build our programs to succeed with experience and talent rather than just young talent alone. [/QUOTE]

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