The sport of college basketball gets criticized for a lot of things, but let me say this: Never has it been a more interesting sport to follow in the middle of summer than it is right now.
The perfect combination of July 1st being the day players had to enter the transfer portal to be eligible next season, coupled with the NBA Draft deadline coming on July 7th, has led to a mid-summer free for all, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. The fact that there just so happens to be a potentially transcendent high school player ready to reclass up and play college hoops next year only adds to the mid-July intrigue.