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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reality is that almost all MAC/IAC schools recruit and relax academic standards for boys' basketball. It brings media attention to the school, makes the school look diverse, and unlike football just a couple kids in each class is enough to make a big difference. A lot of these schools make heavy use of their ability to allow kids to reclassify when transferring--SS/SA is ranked top 20 by the Post and their top five scorers are all transfers.

One of Maret's recent star basketball players had to do a prep school year followed by two years of junior college before playing NCAA ball. That had to be pretty embarrassing for the school.[/quote]

Another person who has no clue what it means to play a sport. Your comment is absurb

The student in your example was likely chasing his dream of playing college ball and probably could have attended a strong college if he was pursuing academic interest only and ignoring his passion for basketball. Coming out of Maret he probably did not get much recruiting attention from the top college programs, so he probably went the prep school/JC route to pursue his dream. A kid from my HS team had good enough grades to attend a good state school like Maryland but up to that point had not received much attention from Div. I programs. He spent a year playing prep before going to play four years at a mid-level Div. I program. The last I heard he was the top assistant at a top ten college program and is often sought after for head coaching positions. All that to say is that people can be solid students but might pursue an alternative path in order to pursue his passion. [/quote]

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