What distinguishes the basketball recruiting process?
Boeheim: There’s more visibility; you see more kids because of the nature of the recruiting process. There [are] places in the summertime where all the players come together at AAU tournaments, so you get to see pretty much the best players in the country when they’re sophomores [and] juniors. STACK: When evaluating athletes on the court, what specifically do you look for? Boeheim: Obviously talent’s very important, but the attitude the player has, how he relates to his teammates and his coach, how he is in tough situations when things aren’t going that well character’s so important. STACK: Can you elaborate on attitude and character? Boeheim: You look at kids who want to be good students, who will do the work, who want to go to class, who care about getting an education. More and more, kids just want to play basketball [and] go to the NBA. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if they’re going to go to college, they’ve got to think about [getting] an education. That’s very important, a
