Right. For example, a number of years ago, Gonzaga U in Spokane had a senior white center who had transferred in from Kentucky, which specializes in one-and-done black freshmen. Gonzaga, in contrast, let the white guy mature at his own pace and he was quite good as a senior. https://twitter.com/westland_will/status/1117659804518850560 …
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The tall white boys who are good enough to play B-ball are usually also smart enough to get real degrees. Basketball is kind of special because there's much less TBI, but it's hard to go to a March Madness school and not notice the difference.
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When I was at Rice U. in the 1970s, the basketball coaches were irate that their 6'11" back-up center was always sneaking off to the library to do his mechanical engineering homework. They suspected he was just exploiting his scholarship to get himself a rigorous education.
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