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A decade from now, the game's most notable coaches will be sitting at home enjoying retirement.

Mike Krzyzewski (70), Roy Williams (66) and Jim Boeheim (72) are all over 65 years old. Tom Izzo is 62. Rick Pitino is 64.

Bill Self is 54 and John Calipari is 58.

The latter two could decide to coach for another decade, but they've both won national championships and earn healthy salaries -- cash their predecessors never did. Plus, Calipari will continue to garner interest from the NBA. And Self does not want to coach deep into his 60s.

So if we assume the aforementioned coaches -- collectively responsible for 11 national titles since 2000 -- will all exit college basketball within the next 10 years, who will replace them?

Who will deserve a spot on college basketball's active Mount Rushmore in 2027?

Sean Miller, Arizona Wildcats

Right now, Arizona is ranked first in ESPN.com's Way-Too-Early Top 25 poll entering the 2017-18 season. DeAndre Ayton, the No. 2 prospect in the 2017 class per ESPN.com, will enter the mix for the Wildcats this season.

As other programs watched key contributors head off to the NBA, Arizona watched important players return to school and big recruits choose Tucson. As the Wildcats rocketed up the board, others took a step (or a few steps) down.

Allonzo Trier should begin the 2017-18 campaign as a preseason All-American. The Wildcats boast the pieces to make a run at the Final Four in San Antonio. And that has been the norm for the program under Sean Miller. Miller is 48 years old, and currently holds one of the best posts in college basketball. He has built a pipeline to prep talent that he can maintain at Arizona -- or another stop if he decides to leave his current gig.

Miller's critics often cite his postseason missteps. He has never reached the Final Four. But he has taken four teams to the Elite Eight.

Bill Self didn't reach the Final Four until his 15th season as a Division I head coach. Miller will enter his 12th year as a head coach this season.

All signs point to Miller becoming one of college basketball's top figures; the coach will earn his place on the game's Mount Rushmore a decade from now.
Story by Myron Medcalf

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And once those dominoes begin to leave, we need to worry about losing Miller to a Duke, a North Carolina or maybe a Kentucky.