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Opinion: Here's a bandage for Michigan basketball's five-star heartbreak

Josh Christopher dazzled the crowd with four spectacular dunks in the annual dunk contest. He edged teammate Michael Ofoegbu in the final. Palm Springs Desert Sun

You have to go back to Duke to find a college basketball team that won an NCAA title with freshmen as its best players. Not that it was that long ago.

It’s been five years since the Blue Devils won, enough time to consider a trend: Experience and solid talent matter more than uber-talent alone.

Remember that as you stew over Michigan basketball losing a couple of five-star prospects this week.