Monday, June 21, 2004
call him richard
Remember when I voted Adrian Wojnarowski off the island for trashing the college game?Well, I've found my survivor. Mike DeCourcy tells is like it is:
There is hope because Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Devin Harris and Josh Childress are leaving behind NCAA basketball and moving on to the NBA. Like their prep classmates, they likely will gain the honor of becoming top 10 selections. But these guys might deliver on the investment. What these players took from college basketball, and what they left behind, demonstrates the system still works when given a chance. It shows the resilience of the college game even when an uncommon number of high school players ignores its value and focuses entirely on the immediate money...The 2002 and 2003 NCAA Tournaments rank among the four best-attended in the event's history. This year's Duke-UConn semifinal and the UConn-Georgia Tech final placed among the top 10 television programs the week they aired, even though the semifinals aired on the lowest-rated TV night of the week and the title game was a blowout.
