Has the dilution of talent allowed GMU to advance to the Final Four? With more and more of the elite players leaving early, has this hurt the big boys too much?
Granted, players have always left their junior year, but nowadays we are seeing players leave after sophomore and freshman years, some even skipping college entirely. Granted, this is a small percentage of players, but they would be the types who would normally go to a school like Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Indiana, UConn, etc.
Not to take away from GMU’s stellar run, but are the elite teams just not as superior with the talent leaving too early?