Playboy's College Basketball Preview

December, 1979

Playboy's College Basketball PreviewEnjoy this college basketball season; the sport in its present form may not be around much longer. Like so many other institutions, it is being reshaped by the immensity of its own success. It is difficult for any activity that generates enormous amounts of cash to maintain a pretense of amateurism, and the pressures on college basketball and its players seem irresistible.Consider the following: (1) A winning basketball team can fill a 20,000-seat arena as man...