According to a USA Today article, the NCAA will be considering some heavy new restrictions for basketball recruiting practices, and if passed they could mean radical changes for the way big time programs recruit. According to the article:
Possible New NCAA Rules Could Prohibit College Hosted HS Invitationals
↵A third measure would prohibit schools from sponsoring or hosting games or other events involving high school and club teams on campus or at regularly used off-campus facilities — providing them an “in” with recruits.
↵High School invitational tournaments are currently one of the most used methods for college coaches to get recruiting targets, on campus and in the facilities, and for coaches to conveniently see a lot of recruits play in just one day. The Shootout at Illinois’ Assembly Hall, the Jayhawk Invitational at Allen Field House and every other invitational tournament would obviously be barred by this possible new provision.
The NCAA may be trying to further negate the built in advantages that larger programs already have in facilities and fan base, but I doubt it will have much of an effect. Even if the recruits are on campus one less time per year, the big time program will still enjoy all of these advantages over the smaller ones.
Besides, how long do you really think it will take for the coaches to think of a new way to get players on campus? At least this somewhat still involves basketball.
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