Playing college basketball is hard. In fact, you have a better chance of making it to the college level in almost any other sport. What is even harder is playing Division 1 college basketball. Of all the high school basketball players in America, only about 5% play in college at any level, (meaning d1, d2, d3, Juco and NAIA), and only about 1% make it to the division 1 level. I’ve mentioned this before but I was lucky to play at the division 1 level. Yes, I worked incredibly hard, but there were plenty of circumstances that got me to that point that were basically outside my control, check out my video on how I got my only college offer if you are curious.
And yet, I feel like there is this collective mentality among younger players that if you don’t make it to that division 1 level, somehow your basketball journey is a bust. There is this idea that division 1 players are elite, but D2, D3, Juco, NAIA and any other college players outside of the D1 level are just okay. But today, I want to let you in on a little secret. Yes, Division 1 basketball players are overwhelmingly really great players. But those guys at the “lower levels” of college basketball, a lot of them are really damn good too.
Think about it like this, to get to the D1 level, you have to be the best player out of every 100 basketball players. And to get to the college level in general, you have to be a top 5 player out of every 100 players. So basically either way, you have to be one of, if not the best players. This is why the difference between getting to that highest level of division 1, and finding yourself at the division 2 or 3 level comes down to just a few key factors.
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