John Calipari’s list of point guards across the last five years has been a Who’s Who of lottery picks and transformative NBA players.
Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall, Brandon Knight and Marquis Teague went first, fourth, first, eighth and 29th in the last five NBA Drafts.
One year after winning his first NCAA championship with Teague as the floor general, Calipari doesn’t have anyone even close to that level of player on this year’s team.
That, in turn, raises some serious questions about Kentucky’s ability to make another deep NCAA Tournament run this year despite their exciting 72-69 opening night win over Maryland at the Barclays Center.