What took his Arkansas team to the S16?
Definitely wasn't Aidoo and Johnell.
Cal would have brought in a few portal players had he stayed.
Knox and Richmond were definitely better as freshman than a lot of UK fans were expecting them to be.
Its a moot point but I think the roster Cal would have had at UK last year would have exceeded preseason expectations.
In what world did Knox and Richmond exceed fan expectations from last year?
Knox averaged 8ppg and 3rpg shooting 35% from 3. The first half of the year he was basically unplayable.
Richmond averaged 5ppg and 3rpg shooting 12% from 3.
They were projected to start here, Knox for sure. They’d have been crucified, rightly, had they done that here last year.
Plus, Cal absolutely would have done worse here than he did at Arkansas last year. Most of the year they were awful. It took a minor miracle for them to make the tournament and then had a S16 run. Big whoop.