ESPN: What's wrong with college basketball?

What's wrong with college basketball?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=5398415

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- The image of college basketball has taken a beating in recent years, with rumors, murmurs and innuendo about cheating spreading like wildfire. Cynics believe no one is trying to follow the NCAA rulebook and that the game has fallen victim to the begging hands of agents, runners and hangers-on looking to collect on the next NBA star.

Is it that bad? What are the real problems? And is the NCAA doing enough to fix those problems?

To get the answers, ESPN.com went to the sources. During the EYBL Peach Jam last week, we interviewed 20 high-profile head coaches, representing each of the six power conferences. With the promise of full anonymity, we asked them to tell the truth about their sport.

And they did....
    (very long article, but worth the time to read!)

Yea really is a great article with great quotes...This one made me think a little

"One of my players [who left early for the draft] was working out with another top-five draft pick,'' a coach said. "They got to talking and my kid said something about not having money or whatever on campus. The other kid said, 'My coach set up expense accounts all over town for me. Yours didn't?'''

Well, if true one of these guys is a blatant cheater:  Cal, Matta, Jimmy B, or Paul Hewitt

I know Favors and Cousins were up against each other constantly predraft.

Fantastic article.

Yea really is a great article with great quotes...This one made me think a little

"One of my players [who left early for the draft] was working out with another top-five draft pick,'' a coach said. "They got to talking and my kid said something about not having money or whatever on campus. The other kid said, 'My coach set up expense accounts all over town for me. Yours didn't?'''

Well, if true one of these guys is a blatant cheater:  Cal, Matta, Jimmy B, or Paul Hewitt

I know Favors and Cousins were up against each other constantly predraft.

Bingo.
First thing I thought of was Cousins telling Favors that.

Along with the coach who called the women, "the gestapettes," another said, "If the NCAA was serious, they'd hire someone who knew what they were doing, not these women out here trying to get a husband.''

hahah damnnnnn