With its backcourt weakened by a player being held out in connection with a gambling scandal, Dayton signed a 22-year-old point guard who led the Dutch and Belgian leagues in assists last year.
That sentence pretty well sums up the current state of affairs in college basketball, where eligibility is limited largely only by one’s imagination and coaching staffs are getting as creative as ever to add talent. No longer is recruiting done when the fall semester begins or even when the season starts: Coaches now are increasingly looking for second-semester solutions to plug holes after injuries, suspensions or even to just push slumping starters.
