Question name the player who had this line in his final college basketball game:

6 of 14 from the field; 13 points; fouled out.

Did you guess Andrew Wiggins? Jabari Parker? Wrong.

The answer: Michael Jordan.

Yep, in Jordan’s final game at North Carolina, he was locked down by Dan Dakich (with some help from Bob Knight’s gameplan) in Indiana’s 72-68 upset over the then No. 1 Tar Heels.

So before you condemn Wiggins and Parker for coming up short in their first and likely final NCAA tournaments, just remember even the greatest player ever had a slice of heartbreak in March. (Of course, he did hit the shot to win the title as a freshman in 1982)

Yet having said that, CBS’ Jim Nantz was right to question the media’s obsession in hyping players before they play a minute of college ball. It’s hard to remember two freshmen who received more hype coming into a season. Parker even received the LeBron James treatment from Sports Illustrated, appearing on the cover as a high school player.

Wiggins and Parker both might be sensational NBA players. However, were they worthy of such preseason fanfare considering they combined to win one NCAA tournament game?

I know what Nantz said about the NCAAs being a team game. Yet with only five players on the court, in no sport does one megastar have a greater impact on his team. Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse to the title as a one-and-done freshman. Derrick Rose got Memphis to the finals. Anthony Davis helped get it done as the big player in Kentucky’s sensational freshman class.

Fact is, if Wiggins and Parker are truly transcendent stars of the next generation, you make it to the second week of the tournament. Or in Parker’s case, the second round.

Will the fall of Wiggins and Parker cause the media to use some perspective when the next big high school stars come down the pipeline? Will they done down the hype?

Not likely. There is an obsession in the media to label the “next” in sports. We want to know who we are going to be watching and talking about for the next 15-20 years.

So come next year, be prepared to be hear about the next best-thing freshman. The media can’t help it. It’s what we do.