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Originally Posted by sterlingice
To be fair, they took guys #6 (Collins) and #8 (Aldrich) on KU from last year and told them to be #1 and #2 this year with a pile of freshmen. It's mostly worked but obviously, they aren't nearly as good a team as last year as they lost parts 1-5 and 7 to the NBA and/or graduation. But they're going to be one heck of a team next year, provided everyone stays as that pile of freshmen become sophomores.
Didn't UCLA (and Memphis, for that matter) have a similar problem where they lost a lot of guys last year and you just aren't going to rebuild on the fly no matter how many times someone says "they don't rebuild, they reload"- you just can't replace experience. Then again, I think all of last year's Final Four teams could beat any team from this season...
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I think the thing with Collison is he's a senior. You have 3 yrs of not being a voice in the locker room, now they want you to lead...and you don't really stand to benefit from it if you do. I think Collins and Aldrich are gonna be the beneficiaries of taking the throttle at Kansas.
UCLA last year got Kevin Love and it countered all losses...Memphis has had a lot of their core for a 4 yr run, it seems like Calipari likes to take one guy who he knows is a one or two year player and inject him into a solid core.