The braintrust at ESPN has also looked at the 10 programs with the most promising futures ahead of them. The top 10 here. Unlike Sportsline who gave North Carolina the #4 spot, the ESPN braintrust voted Roy Carolina and North Williams as the program with the brightest future ahead. Back to back national championships got Florida the #2 spot, and back to back Final Fours (despite the horrible slugfest) got UCLA the #3 spot. Kentucky received one first place vote and finished at #4 as they enter the Billy Clyde Gillispie era. The Thad Matta express steamrolls to #5, while the vampire of Durham lands his sad circus at #6. Two coaches with lots of hype and high touted recruits but not enough final fours follow: Rick Barnes at Texas and Bill Self at Kansas. PitinoVille springs up at #9, and the 500-call Hoosiers round out the top 10... Just outside the top 10 were: The Calipari Experiment, Izzo State, the Calhoun Experience, and two rising programs, Georgetown and USC.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
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