05-26-2016, 10:34 AM
I love the match play format for the NCAA's. It was a great decision and has made for exciting finishes the last two years. Semper, my recording stopped, so I didn't get to see the final hole, but I think you ask a reasonable question given what Kim did the first time she played 18. Adrenalin must have been pumping.
So here is a beef that I do have with NCAA, as we've seen the impact in Tennis (to compete with Dick Gould), Water Polo and now golf (and I'm sure others): more rosters that are stacked with foreign players.  This may be controversial, but I think a roster in any of these sports should be made up of at least 50% of the student athletes coming from the US. Of the 5 UW players, 4 of them are from overseas.  Â
Even in tennis, where other schools went after foreign players to compete, Stanford and Gould continued to give most of the spots to US student athletes.  For me, 50% is a tipping point. Basketball programs overseas limit the number of US players, so it is done elsewhere.
So here is a beef that I do have with NCAA, as we've seen the impact in Tennis (to compete with Dick Gould), Water Polo and now golf (and I'm sure others): more rosters that are stacked with foreign players.  This may be controversial, but I think a roster in any of these sports should be made up of at least 50% of the student athletes coming from the US. Of the 5 UW players, 4 of them are from overseas.  Â
Even in tennis, where other schools went after foreign players to compete, Stanford and Gould continued to give most of the spots to US student athletes.  For me, 50% is a tipping point. Basketball programs overseas limit the number of US players, so it is done elsewhere.