DeCourcy: NCAA's sweeping changes dropped the ball on reforming college basketball

Posted Aug 16, 2018
It was entirely fitting that, within the same 24 hours as the NCAA would issue a news release and unleash a cascade of tweets and conduct a 30-minute news conference featuring several members of its senior staff — all to declare a new day in college basketball — Brian Bowen would sign a professional contract in Australia, demonstrating how this whole escapade was about 9,000 miles off course. (Sporting News)

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