#1 seed Duke got a win over #4 seed Arizona in the Sweet 16 100-93. Leading the scoring was Cooper Flagg with 30 points, Kon Knueppel had 20 and Sion James had 16. For Arizona Caleb Love had 35 points and Jaden Bradley had 15. Duke went 23/27 from the line and had 35 rebounds. They will play #2 seed Alabama in the next round and Arizona's season ends at 24-13.
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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