(10-02-2021 12:51 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote: This is very likely our most talented team ever.
When Timberlake, Alo and Lawson are your 6th, 7th and 8th guys you have a ton of talent. All three of those guys could start on most top 20 teams.
We should be a legit top 10 team this year with a real chance to win it all.
I'm not ready to say this is the most talented team ever in Tiger history. People are saying that strictly on draft stock. We have to be careful looking strictly at pro potential to judge a college team. How many pros do you see on this team? Duren, Bates, Minott and ......? That won't even crack the top 5 of teams with future pros in Tiger history.
Personally I think the Keith Lee Final 4 team in 85 was our best team. That team had 4 pros (Lee, Turner, Askew and Bedford) a consensus All-American with Becton, Boyd and Bailey coming off the bench.
The 08 team has been the most accomplished with their record and all. That team had a first team all American (CDR) with 4 pros on that team as well (AA, Rose, CDR and Dorsey).
Cal's 06 team was more talented with 6 pros (AA, CDR, Shawn Williams, Rodney Carney, Dorsey, Darius Washington) 1 McDonalds All-American and Dozier, Andre Allen coming off the bench, than 08.
The 02 team at 3 pros (earl Barron, DeJuan Wagner and Antonio Burks) but Chris Massie coming off the bench. That team had 9 losses and couldn't win CUSA. They won the NIT though.
92 Elite 8 team had 3 pros (Todd Mundt, David Vaughn, Penny) and 2 McDonalds All Americans
95 Sweet 16 team had 4 pros (Henderson, Vaughn, Wright, Garner) and 4 McDonalds AA (Duece Ford)
2012 NCAA team had 4 pros (D.J. Stephens, Adonis Thomas, Tarik Black, Will Barton) along with Joe Jackson, Wesley Witherspoon, Charles Carmouche, and Chris Crawford.
Looking at the past teams we shouldn't be so quick to say a team is talented just off pro potential.