My opinion has always been this: coaches win with talent, BUT to be considered a great coach you either have to win more (championships) or win (a lot of games) without necessarily having the best talent. For these reasons, I don't like it when I hear Dean Smith, Coach K and Roy Williams mentioned as great coaches. Yes, I'm a IU fanboy when it comes to college hoops, but Jim Calhoun has two championships and although he had some talent it hasn't been as much as Duke or UNC. Also, I would say UNC and Duke constantly have their rankings inflated because they are UNC and Duke. I say no team has had as much talent as UNC...ever, to include UCLA. Here is why:
| Vince Carter |
| Hubert Davis |
| Walter Davis |
| Wayne Ellington |
| Raymond Felton |
| Phil Ford |
| Joe Forte |
| Rick Fox |
| Danny Green |
| Tyler Hansbrough |
| Brendan Haywood |
| Antawn Jamison |
| Bobby Jones |
| Michael Jordan |
| George Karl |
| Mitch Kupchak |
| Ty Lawson |
| George Lynch |
| Sean May |
| Bob McAdoo |
| Rashad McCants |
| Jeff McInnis |
| Doug Moe |
| David Noel |
| Sam Perkins |
| J. R. Reid |
| Kenny Smith |
| Jerry Stackhouse |
| Rasheed Wallace |
| Marvin Williams |
| Scott Williams |
| Shammond Williams |
| Joe Wolf |
| James Worthy |
| Brandan Wright |