It seems that in any given year, you can’t watch or discuss college basketball without hearing about that team or that player. Remember Zion Williamson’s tenure at Duke and Trae Young’s Oklahoma? How about the Kentucky squad that won 38 consecutive games in 2014-15 before stumbling in the Final Four?
Their greatness defined the narrative of a sport’s entire season, on and off the hardwood. Those guys dominated their opponents night in and night out. The media spotlight never shifted off of them, and deservedly so. This time around, however, we as fans have been blessed with a change of pace.