underachieving
what's crazy is that they really haven't
There's a running narrative that Calipari is slime, destroying the integrity of the sport by gaming the system and his relationship with World Wide Wes is everything that's wrong with America. And I don't
disagree with any of that, but the one and done angle is a self-fulfilling prophecy and just skraight up not true. For reference:
2010 - 35-3 (1st in conference) Elite 8
2011 - 29-9 (2nd) Final Four
2012 - 38-2 (1st) Chip
2013 -21-12 (2nd) NIT
2014 - 29-11 (2nd) Runner-up
The first team w/ Boogie and Wall underachieved by a game; Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones (:mjlol) led the 2nd to a FF (:dahell); AD's team was the NCAA's best of the past 5 years and it's not even close; 2013 is the anomaly here, due in large part to Noel's late season injury, yes national perception of them was inflated to begin the season, but they were still ranked prior to Nerlens going down and would have contended for a spot in the second weekend; last year, preseason ranking inflated again, but they showed and proved once tourney time rolled around.
So, in short, fuck Calipari. But we don't need to reduce his team's accomplishments to argue that he's a piece of shit.
