For as much as we talk about college basketball players getting the short end of the amateurism stick -- and of course they do -- let's not forget just how awesome being a big-time college basketball player could be. For one, it's college, which is awesome in and of itself. But there's also the ancillary benefits: the popularity, the adulation, the attention from ladies, the minor celebrity status among a group of your peers who genuinely feel a unique and unbounded connection with you and your performance on the court .Detroit Pistons Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Indiana Pacers Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers
