In 2013, this was the future of basketball.
The Big Ten was a pretty good conference at the time, as it is now. Four teams in the top 10, several making the Sweet Sixteen, and Michigan as the national runners-up. It was a strong, deep conference, with any number of teams capable of making a run in March Madness. There were a number of really fun players to watch as well; Victor Oladipo at Indiana was fun as hell, Trey Burke was kicking ass at Michigan along with Tim Hardaway, Jr., and Ohio State was capable of putting on a show at both ends of the court with Deshaun Thomas and Aaron Craft.