College basketball 4 years of eligibility.
4 most recent Recruiting Class Rankings leading into most recent season:
2017 - 2nd ranked recruiting class
2018 - 2nd ranked recruiting class
2019 - 2nd ranked recruiting class
2020 - 1st ranked recruiting class
2020 - 2021 Accomplishments:
9 - 16 overall record; worst record in program history since invention of sliced bread.
Finished 8th in SEC regular season.
Lost 1st game in Conference Tournament to team that finished 9th in conference play.
Has the BBN sold out for fool's gold (standard)?
Not fools gold, this is the issue. Kids in all those classes bolt when they should stay. This has been mentioned many times on the board. I;ve posted it a few times and I know
@IL Wildcat and others have too.
Of the four classes you mentioned, we only had two players back that were not the current class. And one of those (Allen) redshirted.
This year stinked, stank, stunked. No doubt. How would all these other teams do with ~5% of their roster back?
Busts happen all the time. In college and pros. Unfortunately we got one this year with Boston and Clarke didn't play. That's the Yang to the Yin of the SGA's and Herro's who are better than advertised.
This team should of had Hagans, EJ, Juzang, and Baker to go with that class. But they all made decisions to leave. We can't chain them here for four years. Doesn't happen like that anymore.
College basketball is shifting again. Around 2008-2010 the OAD shift happened, Cal was ahead of the game and the results were the best program of the past decade. We are trending downward from his first five years, but that's because another shift is happening. Looks to be transfers now and who is ahead on that? Last I checked, UK had the top two in Oscar and Grady. Also had the top one this year in Sarr (who was kind of a bust)
This was a HORRIBLE year. But the previous years give Cal some leeway. Something like this happens again and then you really put the heat on him.
I trust Cal can right the ship.