The relative struggles of this University of Kentucky basketball team have followed a similar script as the Wildcats of three seasons ago — a squad full of McDonald’s All-Americans who took more time than expected to find their way.
Julius Randle was the leading scorer and rebounder on that 2013-14 team, one of six freshman McDonald’s All-Americans — along with Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Marcus Lee and James Young — who joined returning players Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress to form a group that was supposed to be unstoppable.
Randle — now in his third season with the Los Angeles Lakers — joined national NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski’s podcast — The Vertical — this week, and the former Wildcat’s time in Lexington was a major topic of discussion.