68 reasons to be excited for the 2017-18 college basketball season

GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: The North Carolina Tar Heels hold the championship trophy after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 19: Head coach Rick Pitino of the Louisville Cardinals reacts to their 69-73 loss to the Michigan Wolverines during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 19, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

3. FBI Investigation

This offseason was littered with interesting developments, but very few were as huge as the FBI Investigation. In the months leading up to this season, we heard about the government getting involved in college basketball and investigating the funneling of money and other benefits from shoe companies to potential recruits. For the programs currently involved, the discussion of the investigation will surely be talked about during each and every one of their broadcasts.

Questions surrounding players such as Brian Bowen will continue throughout the year and the impact they have on the programs being questioned will be a developing story. In addition, it is possible that we hear about more investigations in the future and the results of this investigation could have lasting impacts on the NCAA Basketball landscape.

For starters, we have already seen longtime head coach Rick Pitino be pushed out at Louisville and that might just be the start of changes going down across the country. There have always been dirty programs in college sports, but are we about to see just how many and how dirty those programs happen to be?

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