I found it interesting that even a blue blood like Kansas actually won it all not when they had a couple 5 stars, but when had they a group of solid 3 star and 4 star players who played together for a few years and built a solid team that played great team defense.
The cheating is embarrassing. Especially as North Carolina and Kansas are both fairly highly ranked academic institutions that have a lot more going for them than just their basketball programs.
It'll be interesting to see where he ends up. It seems like even the mid-majors are looking for bigs who are skilled and can step out and hit threes or else who are lighter, more athletic rim protector types.
Orlando Antigua isn't at Illinois any more, either. Could that be a big factor? Plus he played high school ball on Long Island, so Champaign isn't close to home.
Why do we have to play every big ten championship in Indy and always give Purdue and Indiana home court advantage? The city is a boring craphole with nothing special about it.