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greatgooglymoogly · 03-23-2014, 03:37 PM

...just lost to a group of one and dones.

I don't know what to say. The landscape has changed permanently. I don't ever see a mid-major winning a national championship again.

As a Missouri Valley guy, today feels like the death of something. It's fun to have pride, to pick off individual targets and extrapolate them to justify all sorts of kooky conclusions. The fact of the matter is, the best we can ever hope to be is to be at the head of the de facto D-II.

I used to be mad that Missouri State was left out of the big dance with an RPI of 21. Looking back, I highly doubt that team would have made it out of the first weekend. It is now crystal clear that basketball cannot improve a school's athletic station.

**Buehler445** · 03-24-2014, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh

Syracuse hasn't had a 1 and done player since Melo in 2003. That is why Syracuse goes after guys like CJ Fair who are not top 10 recruits but guys who develop and stick around for a few years. I would almost rather have those type guys than one and dones. No one has more one and done than Kansas.

Hilariously, the only title they've won was with Melo. AFAIK.

Look, one and done players can fill you with elation or rage. Most of the time there is little in between.

Cal just beat WSU with one and doners. Cal also lost IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NIT. Against Robert Morris. In Rupp Arena. Not 400 days ago with one and doners.

One and doners are a gamble, and the stakes are higher.

But I think you ask most coaches in the country that are worth their salt, and they'll all say, talent wins. Give me the most talented guys I can get and we'll roll.

Experience is a very valuable commodity. Experience can win a ****load of games if there is enough talent for it to work with. But it takes time.

Look at KU for example. After graduating their starting 5 and having 58% of their roster be n00bs, think about where they end up the season without one and doners. KU would have been bottom half without Wiggins and Embiid. And Embiid wasn't recruited as a one and done. Hell he didn't start the first 10 games or something like that.

Mid-Majors are fine. One and doners are beatable. But so are good solid teams with experience. Mid Majors keep putting together good teams, and they will have theirs in the tournament.

If the NBA changes the rules to like the NFL and make the one and doners stay for 3 years, then you should probably worry.

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