LOS ANGELES (AP) -The talent drain began two years ago and the Pac-10 is still in recovery mode.
After sending six teams to the NCAA tournament for three straight years, the league was nearly invisible last March with only two schools represented – its fewest since 1988.
And regaining its status as one of the nation’s elite conferences this season seems doubtful.
The cause of the Pac-10’s lingering woes? The NBA draft. In 2008 and ’09, the league produced 13 first-round picks and eight lottery selections – more than any other conference. Fourteen of those players had eligibility remaining.
Those departures combined with a lack of blue chip recruits plunged the Pac-10 into mediocrity.
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