| I've always wondered why people say being a football school would push basketball players away. The basketball team is regularly a top 25 these days under Pearl. You'd have to think a lot of these kids enjoy watching football outside of playing basketball. Let's ignore the fact that Kansas and North Carolina have been ranked in football recently. Would you rather go to a Kansas, NC, UConn, Duke football game etc. or a Tennessee football game? I know coaches and academics are a more important factor in choosing a school but when you're as highly rated as someone like Harris, you don't need to best education or coaching staff to go pro. Although I think there is nothing wrong with Tennessee's academics and believe we have a good basketball team. Obviously I am bias but I would love to play for one of the better teams and in one of the bigger arena's in the country while also attending football games at a place like Tennessee. Duke for instance... if I wasn't already a fan and was only going their for basketball, I would never attend a football game. |