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[QUOTE="selles, post: 3169786, member: 1176"]
There's an assumption underlying several posts in this thread that Travis didn't play much as a sophomore because he was behind really good players.  That's not remotely true.

Travis didn't play much as a sophomore because he wasn't good.  He was gangly and foul-prone and soft.  He couldn't beat out Eric Hayward, who was maybe 6'6" on his tiptoes and not particularly skilled.  1994 was a donut team and there were plenty of post minutes to be had.  Travis wasn't good enough to take them.

This whole soph Carlton vs soph Knight discussion is academic because Knight improved so much between his sophomore and junior years that it would be unreasonable to expect Carlton to improve to the same degree.  Comparing their sophomore years isn't at all useful for predicting Carlton's future.

But so long as we're having the academic discussion, let's give Josh his due.  Sophomore Carlton was better than sophomore Knight, and it's not a close call.
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