While some veteran college basketball head coaches, including Mike Krzyzewski and Jay Wright, have decided to step away from the game, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim is still going. The head coach of 47 years told ESPN he “probably” will return next year, even though he apparently believes the sport is moving in the wrong direction.
Boeheim told Pete Thamel of ESPN that the presence of NIL and frequent transfers has changed college basketball for the worse.
“This is an awful place we’re in in college basketball,” Boeheim said, per Thamel. “Pittsburgh bought a team. OK, fine. My [big donor] talks about it, but he doesn’t give anyone any money. Nothing. Not one guy. Our guys make like $20,000. Wake Forest bought a team. Miami bought a team. … It’s like, ‘Really, this is where we are?’ That’s really where we are, and it’s only going to get worse.”
