You get my point, right? If Duke could lose to UConn in 1999 despite being 15 point favorites, no sane person can predict with little more than a hunch who will be dancing on the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome court three Monday nights from now.

The 2001 Blue Devils are unique in today's college basketball game though. At a time when the emerging trend is to declare for the NBA draft as early as high school, and when a highlight on SportsCenter is more important than contributing to the team's success, this squad breaks many stereotypes.

As Dick Vitale and Jim Nantz have pointed out, Duke is the most unselfish team in the NCAA. Despite having several future NBA lottery picks on the court at the same time, the Blue Devils have some of the best ball movement in the country, with players often passing up high percentage shots so they can pass the ball to a more open teammate.

Duke consistently has four or five players who score in double digits each game, a feat unheard of in college basketball anymore. During its 14-point romp of North Carolina in the ACC regular-season finale, the Blue Devils had top scorers of 33, 25, 16, and 15 points. Even NBA teams would be hard pressed to maintain a distribution like that.

The Duke is one of best hustling teams in nation and undoubtedly leads the country in floor burns. If you watched this past weekend's ACC Tournament, hardly a minute would pass before you'd see Battier, point guard Jason Williams or another teammate dive on the court to get a loose ball.

What's even more astonishing than the fact that Duke's captain and the James Naismith Award recipient for college basketball player of the year, Shane Battier, stayed all four years in school, is that super-sophomore Williams has already declared his intention not to turn pro until he graduates.

Keeping in mind that the Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards would gladly select with him with one of the top picks in this year's draft, and the fact that he would be turning down millions of dollars over the next two years, Jason Williams offers a stark contrast to many of today's young basketball stars.