The future of college basketball with NIL

[XU 23]

How are small schools like X going to compete against bigger schools in this era? Wally Sczcberiak straight up said that upsets will be less common in the NIL era and based on the last two days… I believe him. It’s unfortunate that the sport has come to this. Look how they massacred my boy.

[GoMuskies]

Shitty

[Xavier]

Feel like this should move to the “around the NCAA” sub. Future is more parity among the top 40 than ever before but a wider gap between the major and mid major. Which I think is better overall but some people love mid majors making a run.

Granted SDST and FAU in the final four is contradictory to what I see happening.

[Strange Brew]

Feel like this should move to the “around the NCAA” sub. Future is more parity among the top 40 than ever before but a wider gap between the major and mid major. Which I think is better overall but some people love mid majors making a run.

Granted SDST and FAU in the final four is contradictory to what I see happening.

Why do feel it’s “better” overall?

[Xavier]

Why do feel it’s “better” overall?

Just think it produces better matchups among the top 40. Which to me is more enjoyable to watch and follow than mid majors. Come tournament time, it’s always better seeing top teams go against each other in my eyes. And I think the top teams will be spread out more than before. But I completely understand that’s not for everyone. And if it happened while X was in the A-10 it would be tough…..though they’d still dominate the A-10 and have years they can make a run.

Not saying it’s better for the sport, just for what I like seeing. Plus all the kids that would leave early will be staying in school. The talent will be high and stay in college, so in that regard it could be better for the sport as a whole, too. Leaving for Europe will be few and far between now

[XU 23]

Feel like this should move to the “around the NCAA” sub. Future is more parity among the top 40 than ever before but a wider gap between the major and mid major. Which I think is better overall but some people love mid majors making a run.

Granted SDST and FAU in the final four is contradictory to what I see happening.

Everyone has different opinions, but the magic of March (imo) is seeing the Lehigh’s and Middle Tennessee’s of the world beat Duke and Michigan State.

[Xville]

IMO the mistake by the committee this year was allowing mediocre sec teams in the tourney. Need to allow more of the drakes of the world to get into the tourney outside of winning their tourney. For example, uc Irvine should have been in over some of the mediocre sec teams that couldn’t survive their own conference. That’d make March better than what we have seen over the last two plus days or so.

[Xavier]

IMO the mistake by the committee this year was allowing mediocre sec teams in the tourney. Need to allow more of the drakes of the world to get into the tourney outside of winning their tourney. For example, uc Irvine should have been in over some of the mediocre sec teams that couldn’t survive their own conference. That’d make March better than what we have seen over the last two plus days or so.

I fully anticipate the tournament expanding and saying the goal will be to bring more of these teams in. Doesn’t need to expand to let them in, but they will see it as an opportunity and hammer that line.

[Xville]

I fully anticipate the tournament expanding and saying the goal will be to bring more of these teams in. Doesn’t need to expand to let them in, but they will see it as an opportunity and hammer that line.

Which wil just mean South Carolina and lsu will get in

[Get Real]

IMO the mistake by the committee this year was allowing mediocre sec teams in the tourney. Need to allow more of the drakes of the world to get into the tourney outside of winning their tourney. For example, uc Irvine should have been in over some of the mediocre sec teams that couldn’t survive their own conference. That’d make March better than what we have seen over the last two plus days or so.

Like Arkansas?

[Xville]

Like Arkansas?

No more like all the others that lost in the first round or before the first round.

[waggy]

Just think it produces better matchups among the top 40. Which to me is more enjoyable to watch and follow than mid majors. Come tournament time, it’s always better seeing top teams go against each other in my eyes. And I think the top teams will be spread out more than before. But I completely understand that’s not for everyone. And if it happened while X was in the A-10 it would be tough…..though they’d still dominate the A-10 and have years they can make a run.

Not saying it’s better for the sport, just for what I like seeing. Plus all the kids that would leave early will be staying in school. The talent will be high and stay in college, so in that regard it could be better for the sport as a whole, too. Leaving for Europe will be few and far between now

I don't follow the NBA much. Not because it's not a better bball product, but mostly because of the spoiled brat component. I realize there are a lot of guys in the NBA who are great people, but there are also a lot of guys who are selfish. There is also too much player movement in the league imo. Zero loyalty. By comparison the college product is not a very good if one is being honest about it. The product is largely supported by enthusiastic fan bases that have an emotional attachment to a school. I'm afraid given the money in college sports that we will start seeing actual spoiled brats. It's a slightly younger demographic, so it's only natural.

The SEC and BIG are not going to turn me into a rabid fan. I follow the sport because of X and X only. And I doubt I'm alone. College basketball is largely built on the idea that 350 of so schools have a chance, however small, to make it to the mountain top. If the NCAA tourney becomes a BIG and SEC parade it's not good for the sport. IMO the powers that be had better figure a way to change the direction they are headed.

[MHettel]

Just think it produces better matchups among the top 40. Which to me is more enjoyable to watch and follow than mid majors. Come tournament time, it’s always better seeing top teams go against each other in my eyes. And I think the top teams will be spread out more than before. But I completely understand that’s not for everyone. And if it happened while X was in the A-10 it would be tough…..though they’d still dominate the A-10 and have years they can make a run.

Not saying it’s better for the sport, just for what I like seeing. Plus all the kids that would leave early will be staying in school. The talent will be high and stay in college, so in that regard it could be better for the sport as a whole, too. Leaving for Europe will be few and far between now

I think it’s hard to compare XU in the A10 to what is going on now. Part of why/how we dominated the A10 had to do with the “program” and winning tradition that was passed along to each Freshman and they embodied it as upperclassmen so they could pass it on to the next wave of guys.

I’m very doubtful that a guy like West or Sato would have stayed at X if transferring immediately and NIL were in the equation. Doellman, Duncan, Cage, Holloway, etc.

We be a perpetual mid major. Period.

[xukeith]

I think it’s hard to compare XU in the A10 to what is going on now. Part of why/how we dominated the A10 had to do with the “program” and winning tradition that was passed along to each Freshman and they embodied it as upperclassmen so they could pass it on to the next wave of guys.

I’m very doubtful that a guy like West or Sato would have stayed at X if transferring immediately and NIL were in the equation. Doellman, Duncan, Cage, Holloway, etc.

We be a perpetual mid major. Period.

I agree 100%