In recent years, a few of the top college basketball recruits have opted to instead play overseas to make money for a year before entering the NBA Draft.

Now, with the G-League able to pay players right out of high school, there is another threat to college basketball recruiting.

During an appearance on ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg’s podcast this week, Arkansas coach Eric Musselman explained that he thinks college basketball should change to be more like the NBA in order to keep top players coming in (via WholeHogSports.com):

“Everything is evolving,” Musselman said on Greenberg’s podcast. “This G League thing is new. I think the college game, also, can’t be stuck. We need to evolve, too.

“Maybe we need to have a shorter shot clock. Maybe we need to be able to advance the ball. Then we can talk to players like, ‘Hey, our rules are unified with the NBA.’ Maybe the game needs to be 48 minutes instead of 40. At least those types of things have got to be in the discussion, I think, because the world is always evolving.”

Right now, the college game is quite a bit different than the NBA, in terms of both time and having halves instead of quarters. Could we see a change in the future?

It seems Musselman would be on board with that.