College Basketball recruiting and options for athletes are changing by the day. After the Condoleezza Rice NCAA Commission handed down new rules for college basketball, the shoe companies, AAU teams and coaches, and the NBA have had to stay nimble. The rules and landscape are changing every day for Arizona basketball and all NCAA CBB programs.
Let’s take the case of Darius Bazley, a former Syracuse recruit who had options coming out of high school. He was ranked No. 18 by Rivals among national recruits for the 2018 class. Bazel originally was headed to play at Syracuse but decided he would play in the NBA G-League.