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Jay Williams: “Cinderellas Are Dead” Because NIL Is Picking Teams Apart

Jay Williams said March magic is fading: “Cinderellas are dead,” because NIL and transfers let power-conference programs poach mid-major stars. He argued that if a player is “averaging 18 on a Cinderella team,” a lower-tier ACC school can offer “$600,000” to lure him, so those rosters don’t stay intact long enough to make deep runs.