I want to focus a moment on the highlighted. You're right to a point but sometimes we as fans and the media as well call last year's group basically a "one and done" freshman class.
Granted Davis and Gilchrist went 1 and 2 in the draft but a lineup last season of
Davis/Gilchrist/Wiljter/Miller and Teague probably doesnt win it all.
We had 2 "good" returning soph's in Lamb and Jones. While these guys may never be NBA
stars , they were good college players who blended in well.
If we had any 2 of the ones that left early last year on this year's team, we are having a totally different conversation right now.
Imagine right now a lineup of Noel-Gilchrist-Poythress-Goodwin-Teague and then having Mays and Wiljter as bench guys.
I like this satement you made : "
At minimum, Calipari's probably learned a few things he can apply to his choice of recruiting targets in the future".
I think like you, Cal may realize he needs 1 or 2 Wiltjers in every class to be there at least 2-3 years.