HOUSTON -- The "One and Dones" didn't get anywhere near the Final Four this season. Instead, this will be remembered as the year when patience was rewarded.
The projected top two picks of the upcoming NBA draft, freshmen Brandon Ingram of Duke and Ben Simmons of LSU, were warming up the couch for tonight's title game between North Carolina and Villanova -- two teams that, quite fittingly, got where they are with a locker room full of seniors.
"We did have good freshmen this year," said Kansas coach Bill Self, in summing up the scene around the country.