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Message: [QUOTE="bertieboy, post: 2218888, member: 279"] I never really liked the one and done thing. For those who went to Uconn, Andree Drummond being the only one and done and Rudy gay being a two and done, I never developed a connection with them like I did with Napier, Boatright, Walker, Toby Kimball, Wes Bialosuknia and Art Quimby, among quite a few others. If the only way for us to win a championship is with 1 and dones, I would just as soon pass. These players have no loyalty or attachment to the school, only to themselves, so I have no attachment to them. Let everyone go to the NBA right out of high school. Those that do not, do not draft them until they are 21 or juniors in college. This would work great in my opinion. Further it is quite clear that the 1 and dones are not student athletes; they are athletes who are attending college because they are too young for the NBA. Which means that colleges are just farm teams for professional basketball and the athletes are not really there to get an education. But, we knew that. Even if the NCAA won't admit it. Why do universities allow themselves to be used in this way? Two players who left too early, DHam after 2 years and DeAndre Daniels after 3, saw those dollar signs in their eyes but they were not ready and they have not done very well in professional basketball. [/QUOTE]