Fix College Basketball

How's that arena? Any less wretched than it used to be?

 

It has as much lipstick as you can put on a pig, I suppose. It has ... uh ... charm? But it's still the worst building in the ACC by a longshot.

 

Then there's this. More hot headed players and coaches who need to be suspended.

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/m...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 

Counterpoint: That was the only redeeming feature of that game.

 

Play more premier non-conference games after football season ends.

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...nge-game-nets-espns-highest-overnight-season/

 

Eh. They ran a commercial for it every five seconds, made it the centerpiece of "SportsCenter" for days on end, it felt like, and put it one of the slowest sports weekends of the year.

 

It was also nice seeing a big non-con matchup in front of a home crowd. Much better visuals than when they're played at the neutral site far away from either team's home.

 

I don't enjoy praising Calipari, but I have to give him credit for not avoiding these games like some previous Kentucky coaches have.

 

Probably been mentioned upthread, but you can't fix CBB until you get college stars to stay for 4 years, or minimum 3 years like they did through the mid-1990s. The college baseball rule would work fine here: You either sign pro out of HS or you're tied to your college team for 3 years. None of this one-and-done bullshit.

 

With the talent he pays for, Calipari should be fined $5 million any time he loses a game, any game. And fired if he ever loses three games in a season.

 

Problem is that's up to the NBA--college basketball can't do anything about it--and the NBA's shown no interest in changing its rule just to help the college game out.

 

Uh-oh.