Offseason News

Another season is over.  Congrats to Kentucky, which grew to be one of the most dominant teams we've seen in recent years.  The Wildcats never really looked close to losing a game in the Tournament.  Of course Kentucky will look completely different next year.  At this point of the year, there are two main topics: coaches changing jobs and players leaving early.

After two years where we saw a total of seven new ACC coaches, this year has brought stability (so far).  No ACC coaches have been fired.  That should bode well for the conference next year.

What does hurt the quality of play in the conference, however, is players leaving school early.  The deadline to enter the NBA Draft is moved up starting this year.  So players have until April 29th to make up their minds.  So far there hasn't been much attrition besides on Tobacco Road.  At North Carolina Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Kendall Marshall are all leaving school early.  Barnes and Henson I can completely understand.  I'm not sure there's great NBA potential with Marshall.  I can understand him wanting to go pro with his buddies, but I think Marshall could definitely benefit from another year in college working on his shot.

The other big name to announce he's jumping ship is Austin Rivers at Duke.  That's not a big surprise at all.  He will make an impact in the NBA.

More updates on that as they come in.  I will also have season recaps for each of the teams when I get back from vacation.