CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – With no dominant teams, a glaring lack of star power and a regular season bogged down by mediocrity, college basketball is slogging through its worst season of this generation. There’s a lack of heroes to root for and villains to cheer against, and the sport has managed to make the unpredictable become mundane.
With top collegiate talent fleeing the sport at unprecedented rates and the NCAA lacking the flexibility to accommodate those attempting to come (see Wiseman, James), this season has unfolded with all the good vibes of three hours of uninterrupted airplane turbulence.