The winner of this BBN Jam matchup earns the right to take on Rick Pitino’s Untouchables from 1996 in the Elite Eight. Will it be a pair of their talented teammates, or the lengthy upperclassmen from John Calipari’s 2015 team that finished 38-1?
Before you compare stats, there are a few things to consider. Even though Willie Cauley-Stein was National Defensive Player of the Year and a consensus First Team All-American, like Andrew Harrison and every other player on that team, it was not his most productive season as a Wildcat, thanks to the platoon system. They’re going up against the junior versions of Walter McCarty and Tony Delk, a year before Delk was a consensus First Team All-American.