Also said season needs to be Jan-May and heavy matchups the last two weeks such as Gonzaga vs Kentucky and Duke vs MSU.
ESPN Radio Logic: Blue Bloods Struggling Means Basketball Struggles
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Iowa is a blue blood, so there is hope.
I listened to that segment they didn’t say shit about Duke or Kentucky
It’s awesome for b-ball having all of those teams being down.
Good for the sport.
Good for the sport.
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100%! College football is a perfect example. Same teams make it horse crap!
Duke, Kentucky, UNC, MSU, Kansas all missed on the top freshmen recruits. They went to schools like Okie St, Gonzaga, USC, FSU or just skipped college. When you rely on so many 1 and done guys but only get 1 maybe 2 instead of 3 or 4 its going to hurt. Combine that with a revolving door of a roster every year and the fact you no longer develop players for the long term and its a recipe for disaster. Talent level isnt down. The 1 and dones are jusy playing for a lot of mid level teams. You then have loaded rosters on teams like Gonzaga, Baylor, Iowa, and Texas instead of Duke, ACC #2 and Kentucky. This has been a pretty good year of games in the B1G, Big 12 and even the ACC and Big East.
I said the top freshmen 1 and done type of guys. Top 5 - Top 10 types. The high end talents. The Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley and Jalen Suggs types.
The typical 2nd ACC team ESPN hypes up all year as a 1 seed. Could be Virginia, could be Louisville, UNC, so on.
The old, tired argument of "The sport is better when so-and-so is good" is a load of B.S. Like others have mentioned, having all the blue bloods down is making this an awesome college basketball season, while having the same teams in the CFP year after year has gotten really stale.
I'm sure all the talking heads and know-it-alls are sad that they can't fellate Duke, N.C., Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State and UCLA all day every day, but no one else gives a sh*t. Just like I'm sure that there aren't a whole lot of general sports fans out there who are besides themselves because the Patriots, Warriors, Yankees and Red Wings don't win quite like they used to.
I'm sure all the talking heads and know-it-alls are sad that they can't fellate Duke, N.C., Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State and UCLA all day every day, but no one else gives a sh*t. Just like I'm sure that there aren't a whole lot of general sports fans out there who are besides themselves because the Patriots, Warriors, Yankees and Red Wings don't win quite like they used to.
Yes, I like an NCAA that Iowa can compete in.
The NCAA football playoffs are unwatchable with same teams Alabama/clemson/Ohio State with multiple repeats.
Might be better for generic tv audience fans but for real fans that follow their specific teams the door is wide open and love this development.
