It's find if you believe all this, but I just don't think it is accurate.Cal is obsessed with big guys. We all knew he would go bonkers and play two bigs together once they got cleared and came back from injury and here we are.
UK was better defensively when they played 5 out with Mitchell at the 5 and yes, Cal refusing to hedge and try ANYTHING else defensively, is the reason why UK is so easy to game plan for.
Look, Cal is never going to win another title, not here, not anywhere. He’s too stubborn and his style of play no longer works. Plus, he refuses to develop rosters by keeping players in his program. He created the one-and-done culture and he's doing nothing to wash it off.
You will not win titles with rental players, but Cal doesn't care, he’s more concerned with getting players drafted than winning college games and that’s why I soured on.him many years ago. You don't get to prioritize draft picks while losing at a historic rate, then attack the fanbase, nope, you don't do that.
UKs offense has been elite the whole year. They are a top 3 offense in basically all metrics. Inclusion of bigs has not changed that in the slightest.
Again, you keep saying the defense has gotten worse from the beginning of the year. You have to take into consideration that UK, like all high major teams, played mostly midmajors in Nov/Dec. Of course defense would look better against mid majors, but in reality, midmajors aren't great offensively, so it helps to mask defensive issues.
You can definitely say this team hasn't gotten better. I would agree with that. But you can't say they have gotten worse, as that is just not true.