Mackenzie Mgbako: Follow the shoes?
What can shoe politics and Adidas market-share goals tell us about the heated recruitment of McDonald's All-American Mgbako?
Follow the money.
That's the old catch-phrase about getting to the crux of the matter.
In college basketball it’s no different, although a more accurate description might be, 'follow the shoes.’
For decades, shoe politics have dominated college basketball recruiting and been a determinative factor in where top prospects play in college.
Which leads me into this fact:
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