In late February 2017, Cuonzo Martin was the head coach at California, the Golden Bears had won 44 games in the previous two seasons and premier college talents like Jaylen Brown, Ivan Rabb, Jabari Bird, Charlie Moore and Jordan Mathews were all regulars in Berkeley.
In just two years, suddenly the Golden Bears are staring at a very different picture.
Martin left the program for Missouri, a number of players departed early for the NBA or transferred, and the successive Wyking Jones era was a shipwreck, seeing California post back-to-back 8 win campaigns as he attempted to spark the same excitement that Martin left behind.