Height: 5'5", Stats: 6 points per game, 3 assists, GPA: 2.4 

This is silly. Frame a copy of your team picture, hang it on the wall, and get out there and work like the rest of us. If you're lucky, maybe you'll have a teammate make it and you can become a part of her entourage. But you'll still have to pay for your own stuff. Just sayin'.

Height: 5'11", Stats: 5 points per game, 7 rebounds, GPA: 3.9 

Look, you're not going to play professionally. You knew it going into college and you know it now as you're getting ready to leap into the real world. This is nothing to be ashamed of. Also, they paid for your time in school. Get lost, loans.

Height: 5'10", Stats: 9 points per game, 6 rebounds, GPA: 3.2 

You're a natural athlete, but let's be real…your game isn't polished enough to make it to the next level. Plus, there's that whole thing with your blown-out knee. Trust us, you'll be the best player in any recreational league for years to come. Just wear your knee brace. Your future self will thank you.

Height: 6'0", Stats: 12 points per game, 9 rebounds, GPA: 3.75 

Four years at a D-I school is a pretty big deal. You've formed some amazing friendships and have some incredible memories. Basketball has been your life for as long as you can remember and a career in coaching seems like the next logical step.

Height: 6'4, Stats: 20 points per game, 14 rebounds, GPA: 3.1 

You're a star. You've led your team to a Final Four or two, and maybe you've even cut down the nets following a championship win. You're certainly tall enough for that. Next step is the pros, right? Hm, well, not necessarily. After all, less than one percent of women's college basketball players will get drafted by a WNBA team (source). So yeah, finish your degree and then we'll talk.

Ever hear the phrase, "one in a million"? Well, you'll need to be exactly that if you want to go pro. Think about the best high school athlete in your district of 10 high schools. The absolute Big Man in the area. He gets headhunted so hard by colleges that he can barely spare time for his school work, let alone friends. Then, he gets into college and is a total all star there...of the 12 best all stars on his team that year. Well, guess, what? Only one of those guys will be a pro in five years...if this is a top class of athletes out of the the past several years. 

So, even if you're in the 95th percentile of all NCAA athletes in your sport, you've still got a snowball's chance in a microwave of going pro. Not to mention actually mattering at all. More than likely, you'll still be struggling to eke out a living on the bench for a year or stuck on a farm team until you're forced to look for other work. We could bludgeon you with more data and stats, but as you dream about success, just make sure you're hedging your bets.

In other words: enjoy that "alternative" career, Shmooper. (#realtalk)