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Wiseman is in a tough spot. He is the #2 overall pick and those players are supposed to be the face of the franchise sort of players. He also is not on some lottery team that is going to be bad for a few years and he will be able to learn in a low stress environment. Nope, the Warriors have hopes of competing for a title and they are in the tail end of the prime years of their best players. The team needs Wiseman to be good and good very soon. The media attention that will go along with the #2 pick on the Warriors is going to be something he has never experienced before, good luck. Finally, this is 2020 and COVID still rules the land. There is no summer league and training camp and preseason is going to be around 3 weeks. Then the Ws will open against KD and the Nets. Go get’em big guy.Sure it is going to be difficult but there are no pity prizes in professional sports. If you deliver you generally win and get paid. If not you will be chewed up and spit out.Now, what is a realistic expectation for Wiseman’s rookie year?Let’s take a look at his comparables. 2 names come immediately to mind. Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley. They aren’t great comparables because of their playing style but more because Ayton went #1 and Bagley went #2 in the 2018 NBA draft.Deandre AytonIn traditional box scores, Ayton had a pretty good rookie year. Day 1 starter, played 30 minutes, 70 starts, 16 points, 10 boards, 1 block, on 58% shooting.In advanced basketball metrics, he was pretty good as well. 1.2 VORP put him as the 100th best NBA player tied with players like Serge Ibaka, Klay Thompson, and Jae Crowder. It shows he is more valuable on offense than defense but overall not a bad year for a 20 year old rookie.Deandre Ayton Stats | Basketball-Reference.comMarvin BagleyBagley had a different experience than Ayton. He was coming off the bench, missed 20 games, but still played 25 minutes a game and we very useful.The advanced metrics were not as kind. His 0.4 VORP was 175th and around players like Harrison Barnes, Frank Kaminsky, Jonas Jerebko, and Tristan Thompson. He was negative defensively and slightly positive on offense and not nearly the rebounder as Ayton.Now that we looked at the comparables rookie season lets see how Wiseman actually compares to those 2 players.Deandre Ayton• Height: 7’0”• Wingspan: 7’5”• Weight: 250 lbs• #3 ranked prospect out of high school (Bagley #1, Michael Porter Jr #2)• Grade: 97 (5 star)• “Freakish physical tools. Stands 7-feet 250 pounds with a 7-foot-5 wingspan, but is light on his feet like a guard. Super strong already but his frame looks like it can grow even more due to his wide shoulders. Great leaper.”• “Exceptional finisher and dynamic lob threat due to physical tools and plus coordination for a big. Shooting 83.6% at the rim per Hoop-Math.”• “Has a mid-range jumper with some signs of stretching to the three-point arc. Took 31 threes on the season, shot 74.1% from the free-throw line, and is very comfortable in mid-range spots.”• “Moves his feet like a guard on defense. Can trap pick-and-rolls hard, switch and contain, and even has contained guys on closeouts. Extraordinarily agile in a stance.”• “Despite his immense physical tools, his steal and block rates of 0.8% and 6.3% are some of the worst for a lottery center in recent history. Some of that is due to Arizona’s scheme and playing out of position, but the numbers are emblematic of larger IQ concerns.”• “Not a reactive or aware help defender. Doesn’t rotate to the rim on penetration, misses back line rotations. Seems a step slow in processing what is going on around him and reacting.”• “Unclear how much of his post offense will translate to the NBA. Relies on being bigger and stronger than opponents. Does he have the ball handling and craft to dominate inside in the NBA?”Big men who move and look like Ayton with his coordination and budding skill on the offensive end are a who’s who of NBA hall of famers. Yet, Ayton’s lack of innate awareness and “feel” for the game are hugely concerning. If Ayton continues to develop skill-wise and improves his defensive awareness he could be a top-3 center in the NBA, but if he doesn’t, he might top out as a very good offensive starter who doesn’t have the defensive chops to be an elite player.Draft Profile: DeAndre Ayton - The StepienMarvin Bagley• Height: 6’11”• Wingspan: 7’0”• Weight: 225 lbs• #1 ranked prospect out of high school• Grade: 98 (5 star)• “Projects as an elite-level play finisher with a dynamic lob catch radius with the flexibility to bend his hips and the body control to finish around the rim at different angles showing natural touch with his left.”• “Has the attributes to eventually be a dual pick-and-roll threat via pick-and-pop shooting capability out to NBA 3 as well as the ability to dive quickly to the rim.”• “Generational second and third leaper for a big with dynamic explosiveness. Gets off the floor lightening quick and effortlessly.”• ”Severe lack of defensive awareness in a team construct. Consistently late reacting to actions and doesn’t quickly diagnose plays either on-ball or off-ball as a help defender. Consistently caught in no-man’s land and lapses with assignments.”• ”Lacks imposing strength with a slender frame and isn’t overly long with only a 7-foot wingspan, lowering his defensive margin for error in conjunction with his lack of awareness. Lacks recovery length to contest when behind the play. ”• ”Poor defensive technique — opens up too early containing drives with poor foot positioning, is jumpy on switches biting on shot fakes, overextends guarding in space, is usually out of position guarding pick-and-roll and often doesn’t box out. ”Bagley has high offensive potential as a play finisher if he plays the five in a kind of modern Amar’e Stoudemire role, but to optimize him requires a very specific ecosystem with a dynamic lead creator and defensive insulation. Assessing Bagley’s intelligence level and ability to pick up concepts quickly are critical inputs for any team in the pre-draft evaluation process because Bagley is FAR behind as a team defender to a potentially crippling level. Bagley’s motor and finishing intersection gives him a safe floor as a top-shelf energy big with skill, but in order to fully tap into his ceiling he’ll need to refine his perimeter game on offense mainly as a shooter and/or improve his defense to a respectable level. With the right fit next to a unicorn type Kristaps Porzingis big, Bagley could return elite value in this class. If he gets pigeonholed as a four in an Aaron Gordon type role, he likely won’t return top five value. Overall, drafting Bagley where he’ll likely go necessitates a plan to optimize him on offense. If a team can do that, his play finishing prowess could be impactful.Draft Profile: Marvin Bagley - The StepienJames WisemanWiseman is much more of an unknown. Due to NCAA violations, Wiseman only played 3 games in college.• Height: 7’1”• Wingspan: 7’6”• Weight: 240 lbs• #1 ranked prospect out of high school (#2 Cole Anthony, #3 Isaiah Stewart, #4 Anthony Edwards, #9 Nico Mannion)• Grade: 97 (5 star)• Offense: “Long, rim-running big, nice PnR player. Not a shooter right now, but there is reason to buy shot due to form. Not a good passer, clogs paint and has poor spacing feel (doesn’t move out to open up lanes), questionable decision-maker (and turnover prone in past with poor shot selection in HS/AAU). Loves getting out in transition and is effective. Gazelle in straight line and has vertical pop when he has time to load…but it takes him time to load. Active on offensive glass. Questionable shot selection going back to EYBL 0 need to keep him in box until he’s able to develop. Average hands – misses contested rebounds and passes. Not a self creator. “• Defense: “Good rim protector with his length and has solid timing. Prone to biting on fakes. Not high on his awareness, though it’s improved from AAU. Very poor PnR coverage – needs work here in positioning, communication, footwork (bad in space in general), slow fee, recovery, etc. Heavy feet in space, with average hip fluidity…though he’d flash solid turn from time to time. Not great in help – stays too focused on his man / action his man is involved in. For example, if his man is setting an off ball screen, Wiseman ignores the ball and the player receiving the screen to only guard his man. Other times, he just ball watches and is slow to see his man move.“James Wiseman Scouting Report - The StepienWiseman is much closer to Ayton as a player with Wiseman being bigger and longer and a much better rim protector and likely a better rebounder. Ayton is a more rounded offensive player and likely better defending players in space.Back to the original question, what are realistic expectations for James Wiseman’s rookie year?• Starting the majority of games• 20-25 minutes a game• 10 points• 8 rebounds• 1.5 blocks• A whole lotta fouls• Some huge rim rattling dunks• A slight positive on the defensive end• Even on the offensive end.

Christine Kim's answer was great. Her having graduated from Dartmouth, i'm sure her answer is much more insightful. Nonetheless, here's my perspective:Sexual violence prevention program: According to the school, beginning next year, they will implement the following:Dartmouth will introduce a comprehensive and mandatory four-year sexual violence prevention and education program for students, as well as a first-responder training program for faculty and staff. We will develop this program by the end of summer 2015 and immediately begin piloting it during the fall 2015 semester.We will create an online “Consent Manual,” including realistic scenarios and potential sanctions, to reduce ambiguity about what is acceptable and what is not. This Consent Manual will be in place by the end of summer 2015.We will develop a Dartmouth-specific safety smartphone app for students to easily and immediately seek assistance if they ever feel threatened.The College will continue to enhance our partnership with WISE, the Upper Valley advocacy and crisis center for victims of domestic and sexual violence. This partnership will strengthen our existing confidential resources for survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.We will pilot Dartmouth Thrive, a transformational College-wide program that develops leadership skills and encourages every student to focus on his or her development as a total person—in and out of the classroom, at Dartmouth and beyond, in mind, body, and spirit. In building Dartmouth Thrive, we will make use of existing leadership and wellness programs.We will increase the presence of faculty and other positive adult influences in the lives of students.I'm not sure how effective their sexual violence prevention program will be, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. Sexual violence has been a huge issue on college campuses, and every school should be taking steps to not only prevent, but to punish sex offenders on college campuses.Strengthening the academic rigor:I am asking the faculty to consider a number of ways to increase the rigor of our curriculum—from curbing grade inflation, to not canceling classes around celebration weekends, to earlier start times for classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.We have signed on to the Aspen Institute’s Franklin Project, which helps admitted students find gap year projects if they wish, and moving forward we will be investing more heavily in additional educational opportunities.We will be investing an incremental $1 million each year in experiential learning—both to support faculty in their efforts to design and evaluate programs and to expand current efforts and seed new ideas. In allocating these funds, priority will go to areas in which Dartmouth has a strategic advantage, including outdoor programs that cultivate leadership and understanding of the self and the environment, programs that involve our outstanding professional schools, programs that take advantage of the flexibility of our academic year, and programs that encourage partnerships between students and faculty in the pursuit of making a difference in the world.While their goal of making the curriculum harder may be well intentioned, i'm not sure how well it's going to be accepted by the students. Sure, a university should not be completely lax regarding class rigor - but it is ok to *sometimes* make exceptions. However, I do think that their goal of investing more into "unconventional" learning is a big step in right direction. It's time that more universities realized that the path to success is not always so clear-cut. I think that many students could really benefit from taking a gap year or participating in leadership [and other types of] programs, and it's great that the student's will now have the school's full support.Eliminating hard alcohol on campus:Dartmouth’s new alcohol policy for students will prohibit the possession or consumption of “hard alcohol” (i.e., alcohol that is 30 proof or higher) on campus by individuals, including those over the legal drinking age, and by Dartmouth College-recognized organizations. In addition, we will ask that the entire campus community follow suit and not serve hard alcohol at college-sponsored events and be role models for the healthy consumption of alcohol.To this end, we will require third-party security and bartenders for social events. We will also increase penalties for students found in possession of hard alcohol, especially for those students who purchase and provide alcohol to minors.I'm a little unsure of this one.I understand that consumption of hard alcohol is a problem, but at the same time, as Christine Kim said; it's "a collective punishment on everyone, when only the 10% heavy party students cause 90% of the problems." It does seem a bit unfair that the whole student body is being restricted due to an unruly 10%.It's also a bit restrictive on the student's rights. Yes, college should be a safe environment for everyone. But at the same time, these "kids" are adults. They have the right to screw up their lives if they want to. Or at least, they should have the right to screw up their lives if they want to.Not to mention that this will prepare them for the real world. When they leave college, they wont have people curbing their destructive alcohol consumption and partying antics. Isn't it better that they learn from their mistakes when they're in college, than when they're in the real world?Also, most of the people drinking in college are already doing so illegally. If the law doesn't stop them, then why will new school rules stop them? Many times when something is banned, it just makes students want to do it more. If anything, banning it could force students to move their parties off campus, which could end up opening a long list of potential disasters. It could increase the number of drunk driving incidents, etc. It's definitely not good to have unruly drunk students on campus, but it's much safer than having unruly drunk students off campus.I understand the school's intentions - and they are good ones. I just feel that there are better, and more effective ways of curbing the real problem: dangerous drinking.MISC: The school has also decided to set stricter guidelines for school clubs/organizations.student organizations [will have] to eliminate the pledge or probationary periods during which members have a lesser status.Greek houses [must] have active faculty or staff sponsors (one male and one female) as well as active alumni boards.residential student organizations [must] undergo an annual review process to demonstrate that their structures (advisers, meetings, oversight, accountability, etc.) and programming enhance students’ academic and personal development and contribute to the health and well-being of the members of the organization and the community as a whole and promote inclusivity.Especially with all of the terrible hazing incidents coming into the spotlight, I think that this is definitely a step in the right direction. "The pledge" has gotten out of hand many times, and I think that it's great that Dartmouth has finally decided to do something about it.Being Accountable: It's also awesome that the school has acknowledged that these reforms don't always work, and that they should always be revisited; "if, in the next three to five years, the Greek system does not engage in meaningful and lasting reform, and we are unsuccessful in sharply curbing harmful behaviors, we will need to revisit the system’s continuation on our campus." The president was clear on the school's intentions of being "transparent about our progress. And we will reevaluate and retool these steps as needed to reach our end goal." He added the following notes:I have asked an external Oversight Committee, to be chaired by Tufts President Emeritus Larry Bacow, to evaluate our progress. The Committee will report annually to me and to the Board of Trustees on two questions: Are we carrying out the steps that we said we would? And are these steps working to reduce extreme behaviors and promote inclusivity?Simultaneously, we will be conducting two regular climate surveys and publishing the results to ensure that our work is having its intended impact. Beginning in April 2015, we will conduct the AAU Sexual Assault Climate Survey on a regular basis, along with a Dartmouth campus climate survey in the fall of 2015.All in all, Dartmouth's goals for the 2015+ school years all have good intentions. They've been made in order to try and combat some major problems in universities these days. Whether or not the new rules will make a difference, is something that we'll just have to wait to find out. While other schools should definitely make strides to combat the same issues, they should still actively consider better ways to do so.source: Moving Dartmouth ForwardThanks for the A2A.