Apparently, Gottlieb (of all people) makes a point that will see a lot of agreement around these parts, pointing out the farcical politics that are involved in the selection process. I guess even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut.
A Big East coach chimed in as well: "Quinn Cook ahead of Josiah Turner is a farce. Marshall Plumlee, too. This Duke bias thing has got to stop. My goodness, Cook is a good player, Marshall too, but there is not a soul alive who thinks they are players who will have a profound impact on a program. Jabari Brown will at Oregon, Josiah Turner will at Arizona and Dorian Finney-Smith will at Virginia Tech. If Finney-Smith signed at Duke, he'd be in the game, and that is flat-out wrong."
“The one in April … I’ve never coached a game in April … that’ll be nice.” - Coach Thompson, when asked what game he is looking most forward to