Another college basketball season has passed. The ultimate contest pitted two schools coached by men with decidedly old-school basketball philosophies. More than a few fans bemoaned “boring” and “ugly” styles of the teams who valued tenacious defense as much as offensive sizzle.
Of the things wrong with college basketball, a boring NCAA Tournament Final is not worthy of mention. Admiring or disdaining the basketball styles of Texas Tech and Virginia is opinion and nothing more.
Lovers of college basketball more attuned to fact than opinion have another concern about what is wrong with the game. What has been suspected for decades is rapidly becoming increasingly obvious.