Do Pros Mean Titles in College Hoops?

Garry Parrish, prolific writer for CBSsports.com, has a theory that the very best college basketball teams all have pro caliber players on their rosters. Just look at Kansas from last year. They had no clear superstar, but pretty much their entire starting roster was gutted by the NBA Draft. They had future pros on their team, so they won the championship. Seems to make sense. However, we’ll check back on this theory when all of the Kansas National Champions are in the league five years from now. Will they have all survived, or were they considered good basketball players because they played on a great team? But I digress.

The point is that Gary Parrish has an article about the college basketball teams returning to play this year with the most sure-thing pro basketball players on their roster. Not surprisingly, North Carolina was on the top of the list. Other schools, like UConn, Gonzaga, and Duke are on there as well. If you want to see the players that Gary puts in his list of future NBA draft picks, check out his article.

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