What really hurt last night was the Baylor Backcourt, which may be the best in the country. Butler and Mitchell anchor what may be the backcourt that will propel Baylor to a title and last night the announcers referred to Butler starting his college days at Alabama and Mitchell starting his college days at the Barn. Baylor also has two other main players that came out of the transfer portal. Baylor built this team on transfers.
With the Transfer Portal, are we headed for the day when College Coaches at places like Kentucky and others spend there time recruiting Freshmen and Sophomores from other teams and two and done? Recruiting Two and Done makes a whole lot more sense, as you already know how a player can perform and leads to less mistakes. The player also comes into the program knowing the position he is going to play and how he fits in. The player comes into the program more developed and with a better attitude. You can also attack your leading opponents by going after their best players. In short the transfer portal is better for the big schools that can benefit from unrestricted free agency.
The one and done player does not come in and mope around if he is not starting on Day One and by going the Portal Route, you don't have to put up with AAU coaches, so the player is a lot more coachable, You also do not get a bad attitude from a young man that is only in college, because he is waiting his time until the NBA draft.
I could also see a day that each major college will have two or three third tier programs that they work with, where the coach feeds the recruits to the smaller-lower tier schools and then plucks the best players for his program as they are ready and he needs them. Right now we have three young men that have a lot of potential; however, they were not ready for prime time this year. You can now fill that spot with someone out of the portal that is ready and you can let the younger player develop at a smaller program. In short the Transfer Portal may be the game changer in recruiting and college basketball.
It really hurts that we would not let Butler play at Alabama. With Butler, we are in the final four this year. There is little doubt as to why he was a first team All American and probably player of the year. I know if was a medical clearance, but it still hurts.
With the Transfer Portal, are we headed for the day when College Coaches at places like Kentucky and others spend there time recruiting Freshmen and Sophomores from other teams and two and done? Recruiting Two and Done makes a whole lot more sense, as you already know how a player can perform and leads to less mistakes. The player also comes into the program knowing the position he is going to play and how he fits in. The player comes into the program more developed and with a better attitude. You can also attack your leading opponents by going after their best players. In short the transfer portal is better for the big schools that can benefit from unrestricted free agency.
The one and done player does not come in and mope around if he is not starting on Day One and by going the Portal Route, you don't have to put up with AAU coaches, so the player is a lot more coachable, You also do not get a bad attitude from a young man that is only in college, because he is waiting his time until the NBA draft.
I could also see a day that each major college will have two or three third tier programs that they work with, where the coach feeds the recruits to the smaller-lower tier schools and then plucks the best players for his program as they are ready and he needs them. Right now we have three young men that have a lot of potential; however, they were not ready for prime time this year. You can now fill that spot with someone out of the portal that is ready and you can let the younger player develop at a smaller program. In short the Transfer Portal may be the game changer in recruiting and college basketball.
It really hurts that we would not let Butler play at Alabama. With Butler, we are in the final four this year. There is little doubt as to why he was a first team All American and probably player of the year. I know if was a medical clearance, but it still hurts.
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