18 picks and already 4 from Kentucky

siofrelief

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Coach34

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more than just talent to win big- takes experience, guys knowing their role, and people that are good college basketball players as opposed to just having pro potential
 

RebelBruiser

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One look at the national title game showed that.

Those were two teams with players who had both talent and experience. Neither team was as talented as Kentucky, but both were better teams than Kentucky, because those teams knew their roles, and they knew how to play together.

4 of UK's 5 first rounders were freshmen this year. Calipari's one team at Memphis that was minutes away from a national title had guys like Joey Dorsey and Chris Douglas-Roberts, who had experience to complement Derek Rose and his young talent.

UK had Pat Patterson, and that was really it. The rest of their key players were freshmen. They were destined to be beat by a more experienced team at some point in the tourney.