Final Four Program's NBA Players

Forget the guys who you will actually see play in the Final Four. Let's look at what these programs produce for the NBA. North Carolina and UConn are among the top schools in sending guys to the NBA. Michigan State has a few big time guys still doing their thing. Villanova? Not so much.

So here are my starting five (or three for Nova) for each Final Four team:

NORTH CAROLINA
Raymond Felton
Vince Carter
Marvin Williams
Antawn Jamison
Rasheed Wallace

VILLANOVA
Kyle Lowry
Randy Foye
Tim Thomas

UCONN
Ben Gordon
Rip Hamilton
Ray Allen
Rudy Gay
Emeka Okafor

MICHIGAN STATE
Shannon Brown
Jason Richardson
Mo Peterson
Zach Randolph
Paul Davis

Duke's Season Ends With An Amazing Thud

People have been saying that this was one of Mike Krzyzewski's best coaching jobs. Maybe so, but that is a nice way to say that they are overrated. In a good way. There is no way this team should have held the No. 1 ranking during the year. There was no way this team was a legit title contender.

All that showed up during the Blue Devils' Sweet 16 matchup with Villanova. In a game that was really never close, Nova dominated Duke with a 24-point victory.

Thank you!

Now we can go until November without seeing Coach K (there are no Olympics either!). No more Scheyer faces to hide from. No more gushing over Gerald Henderson. No more Greg Paulus ... forever. No more Lance Thomas celebrating when he does something right ... which is rare. No more Kyle Singler sweat. No more Cameron Crazies.