The question was completely fair.
Two dominant regular-season games in, Julius Randle was asked whether he could have imagined a better start to his collegiate career.
After posting a second straight double-double in a 93-63 win over Northern Kentucky on Sunday, Randle smiled and took a moment to decide how to answer.
“If you say so,” Randle said.
For anyone not wearing his No. 30 jersey or his coach’s loafers, the answer would surely be a resounding no. To say anything else after he posted 22 points and 14 rebounds against the Norse to follow a 23-point, 16-rebound effort in the season opener would be crazy, right?