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The times have changed and the process has changed. Cal knows his recruiting and how it will result. I think that it is fine and a perfect way to get a program up and going in a hurry (see last years team). This is in comparison to getting some low name players and never really making too big of a dent in the post season. I do not get the discussion of Cal recruiting kids who care nothing of their education when his star player from last year is slowing getting his degree and when the star player this year is already a mid sophomore and has said that his "mind will outlast his body" thus showing a commitment to his school and obtaining his degree. Cal gets the best players that is possible, and places them in a team that has the talent needed for title runs.
As for the multiple year players, it is just something that has changed for all of the college basketball over the past 10 years or so..... Right around UK's 96 title, remember Walker? If you want this kind of veteran depth in a year or so look to Stacey Poole and next year and years down the line look at Behanan (hopefully). I think that Cal has done an amazing job with the recruiting and has done EXACTLY what was needed to get the program back after 2 years of subpar results.

One thing we didn't have last year IMO was role players to help out the 5 star players we had. Liggins and Miller were both streaky, but this year Cal has put them to work and I believe they will come up 2x's bigger this year. With that being said, and the addition of the new recruits we have now, I look for UK to go deep (possibly even deeper than last year) in the tournament. This is just IMO, so nobody jerk out any knifes or guns on me or the UK fans.