Hey there, it's Gary Parrish. It's Wednesday, April 19th. Welcome back to the Iron

Countless Basketball Park. I got Mad Norlander here with me and a lot has happened since

we last talked Jordan Bell. Is entering the NBA draft with an agent. He announced that

on Twitter, so Oregon's losing Dylan Brooks, Tyler Dorsey, Jordan Bell, early to the

NBA draft, plus Chris Boucher, plus Dylan Innis, a little bit of a rebuild situation for

Dana Altman at Oregon. Meantime Nigel Williams-Goss is announced that he is also entering the NBA

draft. He will have representation. His college career is over. Tough news for Gonzaga. But

sensible decision for Nigel Williams-Goss will get into that a little later on. But let's

start with what I think is the biggest news over the past week of the NBA draft decisions.

And that's that Grayson Allen is going to return to Duke for his senior year. He announced

it yesterday. That's great for the Blue Devils. And I also think really good for college

basketball. And I know you touched on this on Twitter, Norlander. And I think you and

I are on the same page here. There are a lot of issues that college basketball faces.

Among the biggest in my opinion, and we've talked about this before, is the lack of familiarity

with the important figures in the sport. Everybody knows the coaches. But on a year-to-year

basis, unlike any other sport in America, mainstream sport in America, the turnover among

the elite players is so rapid that you don't, the casual sports fan doesn't know who's

who. Like if I put together a preseason all-American team right now, there would be somebody

on it who like my buddies who are sports fans don't know anything about. And the reason

is because in college basketball, the best players tend to be gone shortly after they

establish themselves as the best players. Meanwhile, Grayson Allen is super famous. Like

you don't have to be a college basketball fan to know who he is. And it's not all because

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