Monday night, the University of Kentucky won its 8th national championship, and first since 1998. Coach John Calipari finally won his first national championship, with a team basically consisting of three freshman, two sophomores, and a senior. Somehow, this spells the end of college basketball as we know it, at least according to many bloggers, talking heads, and analysts. People are quick to jump on the bandwagon of some event being the most important thing ever, and this is no different. For a number of reasons, Kentucky’s championship will go down as history as just that, a championship won by a perennial powerhouse (or another vacated Calipari Final Four appearance), not the day college basketball changed forever.
