Was 2018-19 Our best team at the wrong time

MLBash93

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Looking at the highlight video for RHJ that the big ten posted and seeing some early clips of Ron had me wondering, was the 2018-19 roster our most loaded roster that just didn't sync time wise?

Guards - Geo Baker (So) Jacob Young (Sat out) Montez Mathis (Fr) Peter Kiss (21-22 nations leading scorer)

Forwards - Eugene Omoruyi (NBA 2 way) Ron (Fr - later AA HM/2nd BIG) McConnell (Fr - later DPOY)

Bigs - Myles (Rs Fr - was a DPOY candidate) Shaq Carter

I know we could probably do this with a lot of teams but when I saw some of those highlights I was like wow this team had a lot of players.
 

Mr. Magoo1

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It’s absolutely amazing that this is over so many people’s heads. I don’t think anyone has any issue with Pike’s recruiting up until getting Cliff. It’s the last two years after Cliff that appears to be the problem. Why is this so difficult?
 

Degaz-RU

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Looking at the highlight video for RHJ that the big ten posted and seeing some early clips of Ron had me wondering, was the 2018-19 roster our most loaded roster that just didn't sync time wise?

Guards - Geo Baker (So) Jacob Young (Sat out) Montez Mathis (Fr) Peter Kiss (21-22 nations leading scorer)

Forwards - Eugene Omoruyi (NBA 2 way) Ron (Fr - later AA HM/2nd BIG) McConnell (Fr - later DPOY)

Bigs - Myles (Rs Fr - was a DPOY candidate) Shaq Carter

I know we could probably do this with a lot of teams but when I saw some of those highlights I was like wow this team had a lot of players.
Well, you have to consider what year they were in at the time. The Ron/Caleb/Tez class were all true freshmen, and Myles was a redshirt freshmen, so you can't judge their quality as the same based on what they did later in their careers.

However, if you're just talking about the players regardless of time, yeah that was a pretty loaded roster, albeit most of them wouldn't hit their stride until the following year.
 
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Looking at the highlight video for RHJ that the big ten posted and seeing some early clips of Ron had me wondering, was the 2018-19 roster our most loaded roster that just didn't sync time wise?

Guards - Geo Baker (So) Jacob Young (Sat out) Montez Mathis (Fr) Peter Kiss (21-22 nations leading scorer)

Forwards - Eugene Omoruyi (NBA 2 way) Ron (Fr - later AA HM/2nd BIG) McConnell (Fr - later DPOY)

Bigs - Myles (Rs Fr - was a DPOY candidate) Shaq Carter

I know we could probably do this with a lot of teams but when I saw some of those highlights I was like wow this team had a lot of players.
The next year we had all those guys a year better but swap EO for Yeboah.
 
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