March Madness picks thread

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Obviously, I just tire of this "these young whippersnappers have no fundamentals!" attitude pretty quickly.

You only know what you've seen. I get that. But Joey the quality of the college game has eroded because teams are constantly turning over, almost completely. It is the only level of basketball where this is so. The tourney is still a great event. The better teams are still interesting to watch. But the world is different and the college game has been hurt by decisions that the NBA made. The fact is that the NBA hurts its own popularity with the one and done guys. When guys regularly played 3 or 4 years in college the general public knew and could identify with them when they went pro. But how many one and done guys get regular minutes with teams that are any good? Hardly any. They wind up taking a few years to develop and people move on. Dwight Howard is a guy that the whole country would have known if he had a 3 year college career like Ewing or Hakeem. It has taken years for him to become established as a star and a lot of that is due to the dunk contest. Admittedly I dont follow college as close as I used to especially during the regular season. And what i have seen this week validates to me why I dont.