This would be good, it will let us know if it was him or us.
I thought the exact same thing. Him going to Louisville would actually tell us a lot as a fan base. If he goes to LVille and does well, there will be a strong contingent of fans here that argues that he would have improved here anyway, so, in some part, it's all academic.
But really - the kid didn't show much incline in his learning curve, and that was in a season - as was pointed out above - in which there was ample playing time for him if he could have handled it.
So how did he do? Most glaringly, his FG% went from 543 to 410. I'm sure much of this had to do with him taking more shots, and not relying on just dunks and put backs, but still . . . you would not expect that much regression. 410 from 2 for the season is . . . miserable. At that rate, we'd only have to shoot about 27% from 3 to do as well. If the best your inside big can give you is 410, then bomb away and go for long rebounds. Why not.
Otherwise, blocks, steals, foul rate all improved, but assists went from 0.0 his freshman year to 0.1, which, by my math, is an assist every 10 games. Yikes.
What do the assists and poor D tell you? Steve has very poor situational awareness on the court. Poor court vision. Low BBall IQ. Game is fast for him. Whatever word set you want for that concept. He just doesn't have a natural understanding of the game.
Can that change? Probably. A lot? Probably not. I haven't seen too many guys in my years flip that switch. Gradual development? Yes. Year to year improvement. Yes. Flip switch and the Lost Boys become Johny Dangerously? Not so much.
So back to the original thought. Can he improve at UL? Yes. Markedly? Seems unlikely, given that the limitation appears to be something that may not be teachable beyond Steven's natural learning pace - feel for the game.
In the end, if he goes to UL and does well enough to start for them, that would be a bad look for Ollie and Company, and, if I'm being honest with myself, I have a conflicting interest with my interest in seeing him be successful in life because I'd prefer to see confirmation at a P5 school that the problem was him, not us.