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3. Duke has had the most talent in the history of college basketball other than maybe UCLA and North Carolina. They are supposed to win with talent for crying out loud! For me, getting to the Final Four is not enough. I guess Coach Knight sort of spoiled Indiana fans by winning it when he went. UCLA had talent and won a lot of championships. Duke and North Carolina has had talent and IMHO their championships are not in line with their talent pool. Jordan, Worthy, Black, Dougherty, Doherty, Stackhouse, Montross, Wallace, Vince Carter, Jamison, K. Smith, Rick Fox, Hubert Davis, Williams, Sam Perkins, Haywood, Popson, Wolfe................Laetner, Hurley, B. Davis, G. Hill, T. Hill, the guy on ESPN, Dawkins, Ammaker, Brand, Battier, Burgess, Ferry, Wojohoweveryouspellit, Jay Williams and many others. Name me one other program that has had the level of talent that North Carolina and Duke has had in the last 20 years? Talent + so-called coaching greatness + not enough trophies = overated!
If you measure success purely based on NC's you are a tuna sandwich short of a picnic. Consistently in the Tourney, consistently advance to the latter rounds of said Tourney,5 ACC tournament championships in a row, many other ACC Tourney championships not part of the latest string, Numerous regular season championships or finishing near the top all of this plus Great Coaching and Talent= Rated right where they should be. When a program is successful it breeds two camps those that love them and those that are jealous of the success and therefore despise them. Coah K's program has had such success that the talent comes to him. This is a tribute to his success (He built it up from the ground as he was unsuccessful in his early years and the alum wanted to run him off, but the AD had enough forsight and testicular fortitude to hold off- brilliant decision). The best players want to play for a great coach and a winning program. If you are a blue chipper do you want to play at Penn State or Duke if given the option. The answer is obvious unless you have some overwhelming reason to stay close to home.
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