If Roy Williams and North Carolina are cutting down the net in San Antonio come Monday, it will mark the Tar Heels' second national championship in four years.

Two titles in four years -- that's an impressive accomplishment. After all, four years is the lifespan of a college career, right?

Wrong. If the Tar Heels are in fact celebrating come Monday night, only one player will have been there for both titles (backup point guard Quentin Thomas is the lone scholarship senior on this year's squad).

As a matter of fact, not one of the four teams still alive boasts a senior as the face of its program. UNC's Tyler Hansbrough is only a junior. Neither of Memphis' two main players are seniors. Same with any of Kansas'. UCLA's Kevin Love? He's a freshman.

If, come Monday, all declare for the NBA Draft, I won't feel the slightest bit sorry for their lack of a national championship. They had more chances.

Who am I sorry for?

Four years ago, Adam Emmenecker was a walk-on at Drake -- where he landed after his lone Division I scholarship offer came from Boston College's baseball team.

To begin this season, Emmenecker's Drake squad was picked to finish dead-last in the Missouri Valley Conference. Four majors, two minors and a 3.91 GPA later, Emmenecker led his Drake squad to a MVC title, a school-record 28 wins and a No. 5 seed in this year's tournament.

His basketball career is likely over.

Four years ago, Folarin Campbell was a wide-eyed freshman at George Mason. Over his four years at Mason, he played every position except for center for the Patriots.

In 2006, he was the man who single-handedly destroyed every bracket in the country with his game-clinching shot over UConn's Rudy Gay.

This year he was the senior who, when Mason was struggling mightily, took over the point guard duties as he had earlier in his career and led the Patriots back from obscurity to an unlikely Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA tournament bid.

Arguably the best player in Patriots history, his basketball career is likely over as well.

Four years ago, A.J. Graves arrived in Indianapolis as the third of three brothers to don a Bulldog uniform and took over a starting job midway through his first season.

Two years ago, Graves began a run that saw Butler win 59 games over two seasons, and in doing so shot his way into Indiana's -- if not America's -- hearts with his unique blend of ability and charisma.

With Butler's overtime loss to Tennessee, Graves' basketball career likely ended as well.

So how will it feel for someone to lead his team to a title after four seasons of hard work?

There's just one small problem with how that feels, at least for this year, no one will know.

And, at least for this year, four years never seemed so long.