If this new rule is enforced as written, at least half of college basketball's preseason top 25 teams just lost one or more starters.
Dropping it in May, with no replacement options available, makes very little sense.
The NCAA's new (very poorly timed) rule sends a clear message: international players are no longer welcome in the college game.
ACB, France, Italy, Australian NBL and anyone who's ever played for a EuroLeague team, even for next to nothing, are suddenly permanently ineligible?