Do you think it might also be more challenging because...
by pmoose (2024-04-02 12:52:18)

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...the hoops season spans over both semesters (starts towards the end of the first, finishes towards the middle of the 2nd)? It seems to me like football players can take a little more rigorous classes during the spring. While there are practices and the spring game, I imagine the coaches are preaching to their players that if they need to take care of something academic, that comes first. Basketball players don't have that advantage because of how the season spans across both semesters.

Also FB plays once a week, on Sat., and travels 4-5x/season *
by 31-30  (2024-04-02 18:22:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That’s a huge difference. The weekday road games have
by irishhawk49  (2024-04-02 18:51:26)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

to wreak havoc with the players’ academic lives. Plus, the fatigue of being on the road on a Monday night, for example, and then trudging to class on Tuesday morning is not enviable.

That's part of it
by El Kabong  (2024-04-02 12:55:40)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

But the other part is players at schools that don't really care aren't going to be expected to contribute academically after their first semester grades come in, provided they plan on entering the draft.