The BIG EAST Proposes a “Two or None” for College Basketball

ATLANTA -The BIG EAST has recommended replacing “One and Done” with a “Two or None” policy in college basketball.

The proposal will be passed along to the NCAA’s new commission on college basketball led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The plan calls for the elimination of the NBA’s “One and Done” rule that prohibits its teams from drafting players until they are at least 19 or a year removed from high school.

“Two or None” would be an NCAA rule requiring basketball players who decide to go to college to commit for at least two seasons. Meanwhile, high school players who declare for the NBA Draft would forfeit future college eligibility.

It is an interesting concept, but nothing will happen without the support of the NBA Players’ Association. At least it would solve the issue of elite stars like forwards Marvin Bagley III and R.J. Barrett, who both reclassified up so they could enter Duke a year early, thereby finding a loophole to enter the NBA Draft a year earlier than players in their original class. Bagley should go in one of the first two players selected in the NBA Draft. Barrett, who jumped from junior to senior year at Monteverde Academy in Florida, is the top prospect in the class of 2018.