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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5192048, member: 1414"]
I've been saying all season something nobody really wants to accept.  Nobody is really all that good.  This is one of those years where a surprise team wins because any of the last three national champions would destroy any team in college basketball this year.

I think it's a hangover from Covid and the stupid 5th year rule combined with the portal.  Development of young players hasn't happened as it should at major programs.  Major programs think it's smarter to grab some 3 star kid who was good a mid major rather than give their 4 stars minutes to develop.  The talent is down as a result.  Playing Mahaney over Nowell is an example of what happens and not just here.  Mahaney was #143 recruit in his class, Nowell is #35.  Experience is helpful, but Nowell has a much higher ceiling.

As for Kansas, Elmarko Jackson out for the year and Jamari McDowell redshirted to fit in quick-fix transfers.  So nobody from the 2022 or 2023 classes are on the team.  The ran off Udeh and Zuby EJiofor (St. Johns).  They have two guys from 2021 but Clemence barely plays. Nobody from 2020.  It's a disaster of failed development of recruits aside from Braun and Dick who went to the NBA.
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