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[QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4934557, member: 1559"]
Totally agree.  Cal has proven to be a really good coach, but the way he is assembling and developing teams isn't working.  The Kentucky culture is about getting to the NBA and not winning national championships and he has been very successful doing that.

Where Kentucky has really fallen off is on defense.  Look at these Ken Pom defense rankings and their post season performance starting with their last championship in 2012 (Note, Kentucky's Ken Pom offense was top 25 every year but 2021 at 84 and 2013 at 38):

Ken Pom defense ranking:

2012:  7 NCAA champions
2013:  88 NIT
2014:  32 NCAA runner up
2015: 1 NCAA Final Four
2016: 39 NCAA 2nd round
2017: 7 Elite 8
2018: 22 Sweet 16
2019: 8 Elite 8
2020: 52 COVID No Tournament
2021: 35 No tourney invites
2022: 36 NCAA 1st round
2023: 88 NCAA 2nd round
2024: 112 NCAA 1st round

When you look at the Ken Pom defense ranking for this year, it was pretty clear Kentucky wasn't going very far in the NCAA tournament.
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