Great article here...

A Sports Illustrated study of transfer data reveals that since 2012, the amount of players who’ve transferred up to higher-rated leagues from the low- and mid-levels of college basketball has more than tripled. This has gutted rosters, led directly to coaches losing their jobs and twisted the culture to the point where star players leaving small schools has gone from an anomaly to an expectation. Consider that when Valparaiso star and NBA prospect Alec Peters opted against transferring to a big-time program with immediate eligibility this summer, his decision surprised most media members and he was praised for his loyalty to the Crusaders.

“Small colleges are becoming the minor leagues for the big schools,” says Sonny Vaccaro, a longtime sneaker company executive who has been involved with college basketball for decades. “The small schools are being penalized for their success recruiting and developing players.”

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...tournament

go find the tim floyd interview after last season. He hit the nail on the head. aau coaches are being paid to get kids to transfer.

AAU is so crooked. Might as well call the coaches "agents" for high school kids and be real about it. I wonder how many are being slipped money not just from shoe corporations but schools as well.

Should be outlawed or more restricted.

(03-15-2017 01:27 PM)monarx Wrote:  AAU is so crooked. Might as well call the coaches "agents" for high school kids and be real about it. I wonder how many are being slipped money not just from shoe corporations but schools as well.

Do any of the schools hire AAU coaches as assistants ?

This is why you won't see the NCAA do anything about it.

I guess they want to emulate the NBA where all the good players pool together.

(03-15-2017 01:57 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(03-15-2017 01:27 PM)monarx Wrote:  AAU is so crooked. Might as well call the coaches "agents" for high school kids and be real about it. I wonder how many are being slipped money not just from shoe corporations but schools as well.

Do any of the schools hire AAU coaches as assistants ?

Not that often but it happens. One aau coach I know of is a head coach in d2 now. That coach had 6 d1 signees on an aau team. All 6 mysteriously transferred at the same time. 2 ended up at a d1 program. At least 4!of the six had visits at the same d1 program