Kentucky’s best basketball teams have paired star-studded freshman classes with strong options returning from years past.
In 2012, Anthony Davis’ class joined Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb, and Darius Miller to win a national title. In 2015, Kentucky went 38-1 after pairing Karl Towns’ class with sophomore and juniors like the Harrison twins and Willie Cauley-Stein.
There’s an obvious correlation between experience and winning and it’s not hard to explain, yet it is in Lexington, because John Calipari and the kentucky Wildcats don’t often have that luxury.