Arizona Basketball: NCAA is committed to change college basketball

The NBA is looking to abolish the One-and-done rule.

In case you missed it, Villanova took home the NCAA Tournament Trophy last season and the NCAA took home more than a billion dollars. Precisely $1.06 Billion in 2017 according to ESPN’s Darren Rovell. ”The NCAA pulled in $761 million from the 2017 NCAA tournament. That number is set to rise to $869 million this year [2018],” Rovell reported.

The FBI has handed down indictments, the NCAA allowed schools to make up their own minds on whether their players crossed the line, and the NCAA Tournament went on without a hitch proving the one-and-done rule sucks. For Arizona Basketball, the one-and-done rule did not help produce a trophy, but we did get to enjoy watching Deandre Ayton grow as a man and player.

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Why is it important to note that Villanova took home the trophy? Because they had no one-and-done players on their team and because they had repeated as Champions with seasoned college players. Joel Silver, the NBA Commissioner, has said that the one-and-done rule will be abolished in 2020. It’s time for all the ducks to get in a row and prepare for the new look to the NBA, NBA G-League, and the NCAA.

The one-and-done rule is where a player must be 19 years old and have either played professionally overseas like Terrence Ferguson or played at least one year of NCAA Basketball or be one year removed from high school. According to the Associated Press Adam Silver is ready to make the rule.

"“My personal view is that we’re ready to make that change,” Silver said. “It won’t come immediately. But when I’ve weighed the pros and cons, given that Condoleezza Rice and her commission have recommended to the NBA that those one-and-done players now come directly into the league and in essence the college community is saying `We do not want those players anymore,’ I think that tips the scale in my mind.”"