#1 seed North Carolina advanced to the Sweet 16 by defeating Michigan State 85-69 last Saturday. Leading the Tar Heels was RJ Davis with 20 points, Armondo Bacot had 18 points and 7 rebounds and Harrison Ingram had 17. For MSU Tyson Walker had 24 points, Malik Hall had 17 and Jaden Adkins had 11. UNC went 19/32 from the free throw line and went 10/26 from 3. UNC advances to the Sweet 16 where they will play #4 seed Alabama and MSU's season ends at 20-15.
Over the many years that top prep basketball players have been recruited, the vast majority chose to go the only traditional route available to them: play college basketball. Some opted to play overseas. For whatever reason, we have seen that the college route is not for every player. Knowing this, the NBA stepped through their development league. In the fall of 2018, the NBA G League announced Select Contracts of $125,000 for elite recruits, including opportunities for basketball development, life skills and academic scholarship starting with the 2019-2020 season. With all of that said, no players from the graduating class of 2019 opted to take part. So the G League set their sights on the class of 2020. As more schools across the country have been exposed in the FBI's investigation into college basketball recruiting, the G League has made their pitch: play and get paid fairly. On April 16, 2020, the G League announced a raised salary for prospects and a one-year development pro...
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