Raymond Lucas Jr- It sounds asinine considering one team is fresh off a trip to the national championship and the other once again missed the NCAA Tournament. But both programs have practically been presented with a clean slate and in an area that produces successful basketball players at a much higher clip than football, I find it easy to convince myself that basketball has the upper hand in local recruiting. The biggest obstacle facing college athletics is roster continuity. It’s especially a challenge in college football given expansive depth charts and most profitable NIL deals being used to lure players into the transfer portal.