COVID-19 led to extra college eligibility. Those 5th-year players are set for their last runs
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “With five years, I know some people may say, ‘Oh, you need to go get a job now,’” Davis said with a chuckle. “I think we’re in a time now where having experienced players and players coming back for another year has brought college basketball — in my eyes at least — back to life,” Davis said in an AP interview. “This is the way I’ve looked at it recently: you’re really giving somebody — it’s not just adding a year,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer said earlier this year. “I saw the team that we had and I wanted to be a part of it and bring home Alabama’s first national championship in basketball,” said Sears, who started his career at Ohio.
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