AVON, Conn. — Here was a group of men’s college basketball coaches, discussing, commiserating about the new world into which they have been thrust. They must build a new roster each year with players coming and going, consider name-image-likeness income in recruiting, and scheduling, adapt their methods to the times.
And then there was James Jones, the coach at Yale.
“What’s ‘the portal?’” he asked, flashing his droll sense of humor for an audience. “We don’t have guys entering the portal unless they graduate, so the changes in college basketball have not affected Yale basketball whatsoever. I’m very fortunate to be at Yale, if you go there, and you’re going to leave, where are you going to go?”
