The decade of college basketball started with Duke outlasting Butler in an epic national title game and ended with Virginia earning redemption after being on the wrong side of history the year before.
Two great teams, but were they good enough to be among the five best of the 2010s?
The Associated Press asked its Top 25 voters to decide and here’s what the 26-person media panel decided:
2011-12 KENTUCKY
John Calipari has built plenty of talented teams in Lexington. The 2011-12 crew may be his best.
Led by long freshman Anthony Davis, the Wildcats tied an NCAA record with 38 victories, lost twice all season – by a combined eight points – and won the program’s eighth national title.