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Thanks to the contributions of Michael Wright, Richard Jefferson, and Gilbert Arenas, the UA men's basketball team made it to the finals of this season's NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Duke.
If the Knight Commission had its way, these three players could also have cost UA an opportunity to go back to the NCAA tournament in the next couple of seasons.
The Commission, which was originally formed in 1989 and is mainly composed of current and former college presidents, aimed their criticism of college athletics to three areas - academic performance of student-athletes, the amount of money that athletic departments and programs are spending to field competitive teams and the commercialization of college athletics through endorsements and television contracts.
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Three former UA basketball standouts, (from right) Michael Wright, Richard Jefferson, and Gilbert Arenas. All three of these players left college for the NBA before graduating, which would cost the Wildcats a tournament bid if the Knight Commission's recommedations were to take effect.
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