The WSJ analyzed the difficulties faced by a college basketball team today to go an entire season undefeated. It has been 37 years since Indiana University had the last undefeated season. Since then, things have changed a bit. We now have a 3 point shot, a 35 second shot-clock, fewer scholarships, more games played in a season, and the NBA regularly takes the best underclassmen. The article mentions the teams today also face additional pressure from the outside. 24/7 media coverage and social media means more money and international recruiting, but there's also no hiding. Every second of every play gets analyzed.
I think an undefeated season is less probable today. Just like in the NFL, going undefeated would be nice, but the big thing today, is playing well enough in the regular season to make it into the postseason. There seems to be a feeling in coaching that losses build character and takes some pressure off a team, all with hopes they play their best when it really counts. Every team has an off night, and come on, we're talking about 18-22 year olds, student athletes, who knows what they might be thinking!
Here's the article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324391104578229792364115214.html?mod=ITP_personaljournal_4#articleTabs%3Darticle
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