Should I transfer and switch sports?

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No one?

You will literally never leave the bench if you somehow manage to make in onto any top 25 team.

if you actually could walk on, talk to the coach and be an invited walk on. i'd bet that you have more trouble than you'd think. d1 basketball is more competitive than anything you've ever been exposed to.

If you are good enough to walk onto a top 25 team for basketball, couldn't you at least gotten a little bit of money at a lower-caliber D1 school. There are like 350 D1 basketball teams. Not one of them would give you any money out of highschool? If you can walk on at a D1 school, do so. Those guys get laid like crazy.

Regardless, you realize you are unhappy and at least have the guts to do something about it, unlike (myself included)who just stay complacent and miserable where they are. I wish you luck.

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If you could play for a top 25 D1 basketball program there is no chance you would decide to run xc. Especially not for a D3 school.

Thanks for the responses before ^ that guy.

Like I just said I am regretting it but I don't think it is too late for me to change my mind. I wasn't actively recruited but I'm am pretty sure I could walk on to a top 25 school for basketball. (The school I am referring to is more a 15-25 school).

Moody you don't make me feel any better.

If you think you can do it and want to do it, talk to your hs coach and think about getting it done right now.

Why not try out at a good D3 basketball program? Or your own school now? If your assessment of your skills is accurate, then you could play D3, and likely do very well.

I was a mediocre 9th grade basketball player. But I was a good runner - ran a 9:24 two mile as a 9th grader. It made "sense' to continue with running, but basketball was a lot more fun, and I really liked the team aspect too. I missed basketball quite a bit. Since your athletic endeavors will not lead to any kind of sports career (even if you are great in Div. III running), why not do what you would enjoy?

I went to one of the nation's perennial b-ball powers and knew a few of the players well and played playground hoops with them on occasion. I am not sure being practice fodder for those guys would be all that fun.

These are my thoughts.

There are a million d1 bball schools. If you are that unhappy, just do it. You need to get started right away, though. If you do not love running, I do not see why people would stick around. If it is paying for your education, that is another consideration. Also, your gpa would suffer if you played bball.

Thanks for all the advice.

Thats the other thing though. I currently go to school for about 8k a year and my parents are paying it all saying I have no loans if I grad from there.

If I leave my school will be about 35k and my parents wouldn't pay for it.

Stay at a school that is free and hate it?

Or enjoy my college years and graduate in debt?

You only live once! Do what makes you happy!

I am a female and having a miserable time running cross country at my college. Should I switch schools and become a supermodel?

No, absolutely don't switch schools to have fun. $35000x4 years means you'd better have a whole lot of fun.

If you really hate running, then quit. Play D3 ball.

So you weren't actively recruited by anybody, but you think you can walk onto a top 25 team?

he was probably lightly recruited for bball. i think this is "just going to be honest".

but yeah, d1 basketball is another world. incredible athletic specimens who have been focused on the sport for years, almost impossible to have all the prereq's to make it. also would be next to impossible to make it as a ball player and be a real student at a d1 school.

you never know, though, maybe he is the real deal.

I guess this could be real for a Girl.

There is no way a distance runner running on a college team could transfer and make a D1 college team.

No way

Could a girl do it?

older not done wrote:

I guess this could be real for a Girl.

There is no way a distance runner running on a college team could transfer and make a D1 college team.

No way

Could a girl do it?

I think this person's right. I doubt a guy could play ball at top 25 school with this kind of situation.

Since your level is bench warming at top 25 school, I think it's best to try out for your school, and if you're that good, you may be able to get a scholarship to a mediocre D1 school. Then, you won't have a massive student loan once you graduate.

if it is "just going to be honest", he is an 800 runner, 6'3 and 170 lbs if I remember correctly.