This year has a massive amount of freshman go at the top of the first round -- 10 freshman, 1 European, and a sophomore (Luke Kennard) were the first 12 picks.
Everyone is clamoring about having multi-year players in college. So it got me thinking, when was the last time that a senior was the 1st pick in the draft. You have to go back to 2000 -- 17 years!
The idea of a competitive player in college staying for 4 years seems to be a thing of the past. I think the best we can hope for is 2 years. Until the NBA decides something different, we are where we are. The next big chance of a senior going high in the 1st round is Grayson -- I hope!
I started this thread because I see a lot of us posting about certain recruits -- "Is he a multi-year player?", "I hope he stays longer than...", "I hate the OAD trend...". A competitive player with NBA potential sacrifices 2-3 years of earning power. Hard to pass up.
For me -- AND I DON'T LIKE IT -- here is the new normal -- I am pleasantly surprised if any starter comes back the next year that is not scheduled to graduate. And yes, I realize that I am setting the bar low.
Sorry I had to insert as a pic. I could not get the excel table in without losing the formatting.
Everyone is clamoring about having multi-year players in college. So it got me thinking, when was the last time that a senior was the 1st pick in the draft. You have to go back to 2000 -- 17 years!
The idea of a competitive player in college staying for 4 years seems to be a thing of the past. I think the best we can hope for is 2 years. Until the NBA decides something different, we are where we are. The next big chance of a senior going high in the 1st round is Grayson -- I hope!
I started this thread because I see a lot of us posting about certain recruits -- "Is he a multi-year player?", "I hope he stays longer than...", "I hate the OAD trend...". A competitive player with NBA potential sacrifices 2-3 years of earning power. Hard to pass up.
For me -- AND I DON'T LIKE IT -- here is the new normal -- I am pleasantly surprised if any starter comes back the next year that is not scheduled to graduate. And yes, I realize that I am setting the bar low.
Sorry I had to insert as a pic. I could not get the excel table in without losing the formatting.