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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 2141341, member: 1001"] It's been this way for a while IMO though it's gradually getting worse and I have no idea why. The talent level at the top is poor compared to the nostalgic glory days dancing around in my head. The 2010 Duke team was the first champion where I sat back and said to myself, "Really? [I]That [/I]team just won a title?" I felt the same about 2013 Louisville and even our 2014 team. I feel the same about this UNC team. You aren't impressed by the quality of basketball or the individual talent. There just aren't that many future NBA guys playing in the Final Four these days unless you get UK in there but even at that point they're all freshman, their team chemistry isn't great and it isn't the best basketball to watch. Richard Jefferson was on during the McD AA game talking about the 2001 FF where there were 12 future NBA players, many of them All-Stars or close to it. It was only a decade ago that a UCLA team featuring Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Darren Collison and Luc Richard Mbah A Moute wasn't good enough to win it all. Our 2004 team had six future first rounders. Florida's powerhouse team had Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer and Mo Speights. We won in 2014 with one future pro in Bazz who's currently averaging nine minutes per game. 2010 Duke won it with Kyle Singler, who by some advanced statistics was the worst player in the NBA for a few seasons. 2013 Louisville had Gorgui Deng for future NBA guys, that's it. UNC will have Jackson, who should be a nice role player, but no other pros. And that's just getting into the talent issues. You still have to deal with continuity problems, too many marginal players leaving early, officiating, transfers, conference realignment killing the best league in the country and a ton of good rivalries across the nation. I used to be a die hard college fan, I'd watch several non-UConn games every week. I'd watch all the big games in the Big East, ACC and Big Ten. The last 2-3 years I watch hardly any non-UConn games. I'll watch a few UK or Duke games to get a look at future pros but that's about it. The product has lost it's luster. It's fixable, but the NCAA needs some help from the NBA in addition to getting their own issues sorted out. [/QUOTE]

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