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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2476174, member: 488"] I'm not sure there is a huge difference between HS D1 superstars and your average D-3 player. But that's just from what I've observed. No question people underestimate how hard it is to play college basketball. It's a simple numbers game. Everybody who has ever had a remote interest if sports has at least tried to play at some point. From my own experience playing AAU ten years ago or so, it's really amazing how quick things change. I remember watching Noah Vonleh play in sixth and seventh grade...wasn't even the best player on his own travel team. His teammate is probably the best youth basketball player I've ever seen. Ultimately he got to a point where he just couldn't play any more because he was really short and couldn't shoot. There are a ton of guys like him out there though who don't fit the prototype to play at a top level but would absolutely blow your mind in a different setting. I think what people don't realize is that basketball naturally selects athleticism and size before anything. The dudes on TV aren't necessarily more skilled than D3 players and in fact are often less skilled. From a skills standpoint D-1 basketball and AAU are probably the worst things you could watch because a lot of it is just one big experiment. [/QUOTE]