Highly unlikely? I disagree. Consider these converging factors. Remember the NCAA, while it likes to claim control, has absolutely no control over college football’s playoff system. That’s where the money is made. With the exception of Duke, Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, And possibly a couple others, basketball does not make near the amount of money football does. I see a scenario where the power five maybe inviting a few schools from the American, breaks off for football purposes, and basketball/The tournament, is simply a casualty. To me, this scandal speeds up that process. The Goliaths will be hard to beat, when they are not associated with the NCAA, and therefore can’t play in their tournament. Who’s left? Additionally, as Colin Cowherd pointed out this morning, Adam silver is waking up with mentions of NBA players and NBA teams as a part of this scandal. Silver hates college basketball as it is. Watch the G league. It’s going to turn into more than a developmental league for post college players. Top talent will go there instead of college completely skipping that process.
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This is highly unlikely. There are only 26 G league teams. Even if it expanded a bit, probably not more than 32. Each team has around 11 players. Each year, there probably wouldn't be more than a small handful of openings on a team, as guys may take anywhere from 1-3 years to develop to be good enough and earn a spot in the NBA. So kids coming out of high school, there may be from zero to maybe 100 openings in the G league each year. Oh, and they are also competing against people around the world for those spots. So let's say maybe between anyone going directly to NBA or to NBA-G, 75 kids. That just means Duke only gets 4 McDonald's AA's instead of 5. IMO, it would only have a trickle effect on the talent across the NCAA. And frankly, probably opens a few spots for kids who went under the radar but will get a chance where they previously might not have had one.
