"When Wendell Carter Jr., the No. 2 high school basketball recruit in the country, tweeted out the list of the eight colleges he was considering Monday, all the basketball brand names were there.
He had the perennials: Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina. There were Pac-12 powerhouses Arizona and California. There were the hometown favorites, Georgia Tech and Georgia.
Then there was Harvard.
Harvard?" …
Interesting article. I know very little about athletics , but I have two questions about what I read:
If Carter leaves Harvard, or whatever school he attends, after 1 or 2 years to play in the NBA, how does he earn his bachelor’s degree?
Wouldn’t he be better off being around the best basketball players in the country, versus hanging out with Harvard players who aren’t quite as good? Wouldn’t he be more prepared for the NBA after a year of playing basketball with Duke or Kentucky?
I think it would be hard to get a degree when they only do one year. If they do 2+ years and have some AP credits or something, they can get it over a 5-7 year period attending one semester each year.
It would all depend on the talent around him. If Amaker can get one or two other top 50 recruits, they might do well. OTOH, basketball wears out people and playing in a low intensity league gives them a longer career when they turn pro.
Stephen Curry was at Davidson and it didn’t hurt his career not playing with the best.