There is a pandemic sweeping through the upper echelons of college basketball. A plague that offers new hope for the programs who don’t always pull the big name prospects.
This is the influx of so-called “one-and-done” players to big name programs like Duke and Kentucky. Villanova’s national title win on Monday is just the beginning of what looks like a power shift in college basketball.
These one-and-dones, such as Brandon Ingram, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor, lead to a revolving door of a program that is simply focused on moving players through to the NBA. This should not be the sole goal of a college program; rather, it should be a by-product of the program’s success in general.