There's almost no way now To make this an elite or even great regular season. I've been saying for three years, Cal needs to put an elite team on the floor. Elite by my standards (judge as you wish by your standards) is either a (1) seed or a final four. You get two chances a year to prove you're a serious championship favorite. At Kentucky, the expectation should be one of those things every five years. We've never gone more than 8 years without a (1) seed until this stretch. After this year, it will be a decade. After this year, if we don't make the final four, it will be a decade on final fours as well. For me personally, this NCAA tournament is it. It's either final four or bust. For those of you that say that's not fair to make it all about one tournament, he's had 19 other chances. This is just the last one. Without a last weekend run this tournament, IMO, there's just no defense of Cal left as UKs basketball coach. Unless your definition of elite is different or you believe A program can be the gold standard without fielding an elite team for a decade.