Local Observer
Junior
Posts: 231
Reg: 03-30-14
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09-22-16 01:26 PM - Post#210726
In response to Silver Maple
Hillary divides those who disagree into two buckets - MR James seems to put them in three buckets!
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Tiger69
Postdoc
Posts: 2801
Reg: 11-23-04
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09-22-16 06:17 PM - Post#210757
In response to mrjames
I'm all for talented, intelligent young students who are also exceptional athletes using their atleticism to leverage other interests. I do NOT consider myself arrogant or condescending in suggesting that one and done is something of an academic joke for an exceptional basketball prospect headed to the NBA. You tell me which, between a 25 year old with several years of living experience or an 18 year old who has been courted and fawned over as a basketball prodigy since junior high school, is likely to approach educational opportunity more seriously.
In your excitement over recent Harvard basketball success you have fallen victim to the rationalization that Harvard can play the one and done game to the benefit of the athlete. If you think a qualified prospect is serious about wanting a H degree, then why not conditionally accept him, allowing him to play his silly NBA-required year at some bball factory where he can devote his full energy to developing his talent and then, after he has played out his career, admit him as a more worldly and serious student with fewer distractions?
And, to address another poster, what is wrong with having some undergraduates who are a few years older than the norm? We believe in cultural and racial diversity. How about a little age/ experience diversity to season the pot with some real world wisdom and insight?
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mrjames
Professor
Posts: 6062
Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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09-22-16 06:28 PM - Post#210759
In response to Tiger69
"I do NOT consider myself arrogant or condescending in suggesting that one and done is something of an academic joke for an exceptional basketball prospect headed to the NBA."
Huh. Okay. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
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Local Observer
Junior
Posts: 231
Reg: 03-30-14
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09-22-16 07:02 PM - Post#210761
In response to mrjames
I say let Duke and Kentucky etc have the "one and dunners". This practice is unhealthy and should be discouraged.
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Tiger69
Postdoc
Posts: 2801
Reg: 11-23-04
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09-23-16 12:28 AM - Post#210768
In response to mrjames
I guess that you didn't read my full post.
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iabhoops88
Sophomore
Posts: 107
Loc: Los Angeles
Reg: 01-26-13
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09-30-16 07:33 PM - Post#211077
In response to Tiger69
Wendell Carter rates Harvard visit 9 out of 10. He visits Duke October 22nd with Gary Trent Jr.
http://usatodayhss.com/2016/the-wendell-cart er-jr-...
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