Which UK class (of Cal's)....?

[JonathanW]

If you could have/had any UK recruiting class for all 4 years, which would you want?
(the year represents the FR season for that class, NOT the HS graduation yr)

10: Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Orton, Hood
11: Knight, Jones, Lamb, Poole
12: Davis, MKG, Teague, Wiltjer
13: Noel, Goodwin, WCS, Poythress
14: Randle, Young, Aaron H, Andrew H, Johnson, Lee, Hawkins, Willis
15: Towns, Lyles, Booker, Ulis
16: Murray, Briscoe, Labissiere, Matthews, Humphreys
17: Adebayo, Fox, Monk, Gabriel, SKJ, Wynyard
18: Knox, SGA, Washington, Vanderbilt, Richards, Green, Diallo
19: Johnson, Quickley, Herro, Montgomery, Baker*


I don't think there is a clear cut answer, and that you could make a case for almost any of the 10 groups. I might lean slightly toward 15.
10: 2 studs, 1 other really good player, and a nice complementary player backing up your foul prone stud
11: 3 really good player, but this might be the weakest group
12: 1 stud, 1 really good player, and 2 good players. Yes they won the championship, but also had the most returning of Cal's teams in Miller, Jones & Lamb
13: hard to define this group between injuries and slower development than some. But a frontline of Noel, WCS and Poythress would be hard to score against in years 2-4
14: deepest group, all 8 contributed at UK, but only 1 star player.
15: tied for the smallest group (4), but even the 4th guy was an All-American as a Soph.
16: Like 13 this group at first look isn't as impressive, but I think Cal would have figured out how to play Skal the last 3 years, and we saw that Matthews is a decent player.
17: 3 really good players with a nice balance in this group
18: 2nd deepest group (or tied for deepest if you count Baker here), and the most balanced. Not a stud, but I think by years 2-4 this group could be the best, they wouldn't even need other players, and it's believable that any of the 7 become really good players
19: Maybe on bottom of the list, but it's tougher to project since we've not seen them play yet. Also if Hagans comes that would help. But from what I've read, KJ, IQ and TH all have the right mindset coming in to be a really good group.

 

[TexKat]

2014 was my favorite. 3 Texas boys! Helluva post season run to be never forgotten...

 

[GonzoCat90]

I think it's between 12, 14, 15 and 17.

If All American Kyle Wiltjer is your fourth best player and your two best ones are Anthony Davis and MKG, that's a heck of a team. Just those two alone for four years would be unreal.

14 is there for the sheer size. Randle was a star, the twins and James Young would be AA candidates as upper classmen, and then Dakari, Willis and Hawkins makes it an entire team by itself. Has a little bit of everything.

15 is probably the best four at the top and also has roster balance.

17 is like a combination of 15 and 17. Fox, Monk and Bam as experienced guys would be impossible to stop, plus Gabriel and SKJ as depth and role players.

 

[ThroughBlue]

Anthony Davis in college for one extra year let alone three would have been unfair and would have likely ended college basketball

 

[Mojocat]

Surprising, the lack of love for the '10 class.

If any of those stick around for 4 years, we'd have multiple titles by now......

 

[VikingCat21]

First, your class years are all off by a year. They should all be a year earlier than you have them listed. I would take either the Wall/Boogie class or the Davis/MKG class.

Wall/Boogie didn't win it all in 10 but they were clearly the best team in the country. They def would have won it in 11 and I can't even imagine how good they would have been in 12 and 13, especially if they added Lamb in 11 for 3 point shooting.

The Davis/MKG class obviously won it in 12 and would have easily repeated in 13 since there wasn't a national champion that year. 14 would have been their easiest national championship. 15 with a senior Davis, MKG, Teague, and Wiltjer, plus a junior Willie and freshmen Towns and Booker...forget about it. 4 straight titles.

 

[caneintally]

A few things the class are off by a year and Baker regardless is part of last year's class. hagans will be part of this year's class. I would say it is between 09' Wall class , the 14 Town's class and the 17 class last season. 09 and 14 had the most star power but boy was last year's class deep af and has alot of potential. If I had to ride with 1 class it would 14. Towns is the best true center in the league. Booker is one of the top 4 SG in the league IMO and Ulis is the best pg UK had since I started watching in 92. Lyles ain't chopped liver either.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Fuh-gettaboutit.

Davis

 

[WildMoon]

AD class .

He put monster number in NBA .

Against college competition? That's a joke .