The last few years have really shaken up college basketball. NIL, the new transfer rules, and the Covid bonus year have had significant short term impacts, and long term consequences that will be significant, but remain murky.
Looking at just IU for a second we have a couple of old players that transferred in (X and Kopp). We have a 6th year player in Race. And we have TJD who many thought would already be playing professionally. Money may have certainly been a deciding factor for the later two coming back, and money will continue to be a lure for IU to secure and retain both HS players and transfers.
I remember Brian Evans being redshirted, content to sit on a bench and await his turn. Nil wasn’t a factor back then. The new guys that IU (or anyone) brings in now have money to consider in PT.
there has been a lot of discussion here on the get old and stay old philosophy, and it seems that:
1. Getting old and staying old has now changed a little (ie with transfers, you can be old but not have the team continuity)
2. We are on a collision course with the future/the Covid exemption. In the short term we are seeing some really old teams (Wisconsin last year, us this year). Some of that is the extra Covid year. Some is the transfers. Some is the money to stay (which can be more than some pro options). But, is this temporary?
in another thread @TMP mentioned Wisconsin having a lack of talent and experience this season. For decades we have seen them utilize a get old and stay old philosophy, with enough talent that they can patiently watch develop under the tutelage of veteran system guys.
can that work in NIL? Do those talented youngsters get poached?
Even for a program like IU that will be one of the elite (top 5, IMO) nil programs, what does the future hold as far as potentially getting old, staying old, or even having classes develop together over years? We are very old and experienced now, but that is going to change.
A lot to think about. Sorry this is so long, and rambling.
just wondering how this new age of college basketball will look for us, and for others?
Looking at just IU for a second we have a couple of old players that transferred in (X and Kopp). We have a 6th year player in Race. And we have TJD who many thought would already be playing professionally. Money may have certainly been a deciding factor for the later two coming back, and money will continue to be a lure for IU to secure and retain both HS players and transfers.
I remember Brian Evans being redshirted, content to sit on a bench and await his turn. Nil wasn’t a factor back then. The new guys that IU (or anyone) brings in now have money to consider in PT.
there has been a lot of discussion here on the get old and stay old philosophy, and it seems that:
1. Getting old and staying old has now changed a little (ie with transfers, you can be old but not have the team continuity)
2. We are on a collision course with the future/the Covid exemption. In the short term we are seeing some really old teams (Wisconsin last year, us this year). Some of that is the extra Covid year. Some is the transfers. Some is the money to stay (which can be more than some pro options). But, is this temporary?
in another thread @TMP mentioned Wisconsin having a lack of talent and experience this season. For decades we have seen them utilize a get old and stay old philosophy, with enough talent that they can patiently watch develop under the tutelage of veteran system guys.
can that work in NIL? Do those talented youngsters get poached?
Even for a program like IU that will be one of the elite (top 5, IMO) nil programs, what does the future hold as far as potentially getting old, staying old, or even having classes develop together over years? We are very old and experienced now, but that is going to change.
A lot to think about. Sorry this is so long, and rambling.
just wondering how this new age of college basketball will look for us, and for others?
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