Kevin Willard Passing On Recruiting High School Players: Is It The Right Move?

It is a new era of college basketball with the transfer portal and NIL becoming king. This means coaches have to think differently as well, especially with the NCAA bringing in the new fifth-year rule. Villanova’s Kevin Willard has done this and that includes passing on recruiting high school players this year in hopes of bringing back his players eligible for a fifth year. “We’re not recruiting a high school kid this year… just because of the fifth-year rule,” Willard said at Big East Media Da

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