Sports of The Times - Business of College Basketball Tempers Excitement - NYTimes.com

Sports of The Times - Business of College Basketball Tempers Excitement - NYTimes.com: "The A.A.U. circuit does not encourage the sense of discipline or obligation that players presumably receive during their high school seasons.
“You don’t have to even go to high school,” Rob Murphy, a Syracuse assistant and a former A.A.U. coach, said. “You can play A.A.U. ball, you don’t need a 2.0, you don’t have to get up and go to class. On game day, you don’t have to make sure you attend every class or you can’t play in that game at 4 o’clock or 7 p.m. You just kind of practice and travel.”"