How close are the men's college basketball players in action this month to their NBA counterparts?
It's March and the NCAA season is reaching a crescendo with Champ Week wrapping up this weekend and the start of the NCAA tournament beginning next week. Many of the players in action will take their talents to the NBA next season.
With that in mind, this week's mailbag takes a look at whether college basketball players are closer in ability to the NBA than college prospects in the other big two American men's sports leagues -- a question that largely boils down to comparing college basketball and college football.
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In addition to the main question, this week's mailbag also tackles the best NBA player never to get any tangible award or championship ring as well as rules the league could take off the books without changing how the game is played.
"Are college basketball players closer in talent to their NBA professional counterparts than college football and baseball players are to NFL and MLB players?"
-- Glenn