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1. Despite the misperception that might prompt you to label men's basketball as you did, why is it a problem? Athletes in other sports leave early or never go to college at all. Why insist on athletes going to college? It is obvious that many are not adequately prepared for the rigors of college academics; Many of whom are the very ones that have, over the years, made UConn the center of the college basketball universe when conjoined with the success of the women's program.
2. Have there not been as many athletes leave UConn after one or two years as have left other programs?
3. Why single out Kentucky, a program that this year has four freshman two of whom are starters?
4. And why single out a program as successful as Kentucky?
5. Why not single out Duke who also have four starters of whom three start for Coach K?
6. If staying in school and gaining more experience was so valuable, how is it that a number of programs offering substantial minutes to more recently arrived underclassmen are enjoying a high level of success?
All this said, it would be nice if more college athletes spent more time enriching their young minds with the vast array of knowledge, education, and experience available in the enriched learning environment of a college campus. The reality is that scholarship athletes are not on campus to pursue an education. Their primary mission is to play the sport for which they are receiving aid. Some sports require a higher commitment to their athletic endeavors than others at the expense of academics. Those that are prepared and academically motivated often still have to pursue a less demanding academic workload so as to fulfill their scholarship obligations. Every undergraduate is not Emeka Okafor.
