In 2011, a lanky kid from Chicago joined the Kentucky Wildcats and set the men's college basketball world on fire. Anthony Davis & Co. would go on to win a national title the following year, and Kentucky would regain its place at the top of college basketball's hierarchy.
That was then. The past few years have not featured those same highs.
Since its Elite Eight run in 2019, Kentucky hasn't been a factor in the postseason. In 2020-21, coach John Calipari had a 9-16 finish, the school's worst mark in 100 years. Last year, the Wildcats lost to Saint Peter's in the first round of the NCAA tournament.