And because of UNLV crystal clean reputation --------ha ha
Yup. My brother played D3 basketball and wasn’t allowed to get an athletic scholarship so instead he was given a $15000 academic scholarship. Only needed a 3.0 in high school to receive it. They find a way around itThey do not offer scholarships but some schools do give some money to students to help with the cost of tuition.
The NCAA refers to these situations as a “recruited athlete” even if it is only a few thousand dollars and not a full ride.
From what I understand, if a player takes any money from the school at D3 then he/she must sit a year before being eligible at the D1 level. However, if they never took any money from their previous school then they should be able to be granted immediate eligibility.
Which is a higher level of competition . . . Div III or community college? Andres Feliz is doing ok.I can only think of 1 player, Duncan Robinson, to go from Division III to Division I and be on scholarship. Can you think of others??
Wouldnt basketball IQ tend to be higher coming from DIII level simply do to the academic requirements to get in & the level of coaching?Which is a higher level of competition . . . Div III or community college? Andres Feliz is doing ok.
Ehhh not really..Wouldnt basketball IQ tend to be higher coming from DIII level simply do to the academic requirements to get in & the level of coaching?
What'shis Grandmother going to do.?His Mom is happy, she doesn't need to move to Champaign
...and what do Robinson and this kid have in common? They are both shooters.I can only think of 1 player, Duncan Robinson, to go from Division III to Division I and be on scholarship. Can you think of others??
Not "official" schollies. But I know for a fact, you can get a job watching the gym during the hours that it's locked. Recruiting short cuts at a lower level.Transfer sit out rules apply to a D3 transfer to D1? How can that be. Does D3 even give athletic scholarships?
Which is a higher level of competition . . . Div III or community college? Andres Feliz is doing ok.
Ouch, we don't make Jalen Bridges top 10.[/QUOTE
Lol, Apparently Bridges wasn't impressed by our campus
Not "official" schollies. But I know for a fact, you can get a job watching the gym during the hours that it's locked. Recruiting short cuts at a lower level.
Feliz was at Northwest Florida State College which is part of the National junior college system. JUCO is a level above Division III in most instances.[/QUO
There are undoubtedly bad D3 programs, but your top D3 teams can beat many D2 teams and not get humiliated by bad D1 teams. Also remember for the most part JUCO teams are freshmen and sophomores, D3 obviously have juniors and seniors as well, big difference.
You bring up a good point about a feeder program like NWFS...There is more visibility AND a better fit to transistion from JUCO to D1 because the players do not need to sit out a year but consider that the number of players that make the leap to a Power 5 D1 team is small. Feliz was a standout player and many questioned whether he was good enough to play in the Big Ten. The average D3 player is better than the average JUCO player but 1) certain JUCO programs are better and 2) the number of potential D3 transfers is far lower due to the requirement of sitting out a year.D3 NCAA is a higher level across the board, without much question. Some JUCO programs are on a completely different playing field than most, they act as “feeders” to big programs. NW Florida State is a D1 JUCO, which means they can provide housing and academic $. D2 JUCOS can provide academic $, and D3 JUCOS neither. My daughter played vs NW Florida St in softball at their tournament and they were insanely good and loaded with D1 kids that either needed to get grades in order, or PT until their spot was available. It’s no surprise AF was at a school like NWFS, it’s one of the big time JUCO programs.
There are undoubtedly bad D3 programs, but your top D3 teams can beat many D2 teams and not get humiliated by bad D1 teams. Also remember for the most part JUCO teams are freshmen and sophomores, D3 obviously have juniors and seniors as well, big difference.
You bring up a good point about a feeder program like NWFS...There is more visibility AND a better fit to transistion from JUCO to D1 because the players do not need to sit out a year but consider that the number of players that make the leap to a Power 5 D1 team is small. Feliz was a standout player and many questioned whether he was good enough to play in the Big Ten. The average D3 player is better than the average JUCO player but 1) certain JUCO programs are better and 2) the number of potential D3 transfers is far lower due to the requirement of sitting out a year.
Maybe Mitchell got the best of him and the staff showed him more love as a result...Nothing worse than a player scorned? lolOuch, we don't make Jalen Bridges top 10.
Ouch, we don't make Jalen Bridges top 10.
Missed it by that much! lol