“Dr. Naismith shot the ball clumsily, and overall quality of play in basketball has fallen off dramatically. After its promising beginning yesterday morning, the sport is now broken.”

My ESPN colleague Jay Bilas is one of the brightest guys I know, meaning he agrees with me about 95 percent of the time. (How I define “bright.”) And while it’s true he and I disagree to some extent on just how “broken” college basketball truly is in 2013, I have to concede that Jay has history on his side on this one….

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