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This week, as sports fans everywhere watch the NCAA men's basketball Final Four, we'll be speculating about the NBA stars of tomorrow as a tournament worth billions of dollars entertains us today.

The Final Four is part of a talent pipeline -- as Gallup CEO Jim Clifton often comments, kids everywhere with basketball talent dream of playing in the NBA, and from junior high through college we have a pipeline. The next Steph Curry -- who was a little-known basketball talent until he torched the NCAA tournament at Davidson -- can get a chance at the stars.