College Basketball: from scholarship to champion
by Daniel Titus
€10.95
Playing for a university, in front of thousands of people in a packed arena, and graduating along the way. For European basketball players, college basketball is a rare chance to combine the sport with a degree.
But how do you actually get there? Do you go to an American high school first, or straight to a university? What has to be arranged before you can leave? What does it cost? And what happens if you have already played for pay in Europe?
Part One is the road from Europe to America. High school or straight to college, which doors are open to you and where you can end up, the NCAA clock that has been running since 2026, what the Eligibility Center wants from you, what a year costs and who pays for what, what you are allowed to earn from your own name and why that is different for you. The basketball side, and the practical things that matter just as much.
Part Two is the world you then arrive in. What can you expect from your first weeks on campus? What does a season look like, from October to April? Which traditions and rivalries make college basketball what it is? How does March Madness work? And which players, performances and records shaped the sport?
For young players thinking about the step to America, and just as much for parents, coaches and anyone curious about what goes on behind one of the biggest sports competitions in the world.
What you get
a PDF of 127 pages, 180 × 240 mm, plus an EPUB for your e-reader
13 chapters, 38 figures and 23 tables, with clickable contents and bookmarks
250 notes that each say where the fact comes from, with a working link
four appendices: the 2026 draft class, a practical guide for the new fan, the highest-drafted Europeans ever, and the sources
Updated through September 23, 2026: the new eligibility model, the House settlement, the tournament at 76 teams and the visa rule that was suspended nationwide on September 14. What is settled comes with its source. What is not settled yet is written as an open question. This is a book about how the system works, not advice on visas, taxes or contracts.
Daniël Titus · DT Advisory · first edition, 2026