Comments on: CBB: Best Final Four Fields (1980-2010) http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5050 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5050&cpage=1#comment-15616 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:25:47 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5050#comment-15616 "How does this year's crop compare to past Final Fours in terms of the talent of the teams involved?"
No recent year has that much total talent among the teams, since very few really great players are still in school after one year.
In the early-mid Eighties, there was often perhaps half as much top talent in NCAA as there was in the NBA. Talent (to be) defined as future NBA careers.

Have you looked at career NBA WinShares of players with their college teams?
Total represented in the Final Four, the championship game, etc?

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