The major difference b/w the Upperclassmen filled champs of the 80s and today is that those players were the best 21-23 year olds in the WORLD and these are not. As an example, the starting 5 of the OKC Thunder is essentially the same age as the starting 5 of UNC.
Put another way ... in 1989, NCAA Division I was probably the second best basketball league on the planet (maybe some of the Eastern/Southern European leagues were close). Now, it's probably not even in the Top 5, maybe not even Top 10.
The major difference b/w the Upperclassmen filled champs of the 80s and today is that those players were the best 21-23 year olds in the WORLD and these are not. As an example, the starting 5 of the OKC Thunder is essentially the same age as the starting 5 of UNC.
Put another way ... in 1989, NCAA Division I was probably the second best basketball league on the planet (maybe some of the Eastern/Southern European leagues were close). Now, it's probably not even in the Top 5, maybe not even Top 10.