Justin Verrier

When they won the second one, I was like, oh, my God, they might be the most dominant program in college basketball because they were already starting to do things that they hadn't previously under Calhoun, which is not only like consistent success as opposed to these like one year runs where they have this like dominant guard play and they just kind of out of nowhere just win the title.

That's what they did with Shabazz.

That's what they did with Kemba.

Yeah.

But then they started to get all the high-end prospects that a Duke would.

Steph Castle is probably the best prospect that they've ever gotten that I can remember.

And I was like, man, are they just going to become a pro factory in the way that Duke has?

Under Hurley.

Yes.

I thought they would just be a different type of program.

And like part of me was like, oh, this is new and exciting.

Like we're in the mix for the flag types in a way that we haven't previously been.

But on the other part of me was like, that's not kind of who they are.

And they didn't ultimately become that.

Like Mullins is like the 12th ranked prospect.

I was looking up there.

They get one of those guys per year, but it's a lot of transfers, other guys who have been around.

Caravan has been around for a while.

And you know what?

I fucking love it because then Duke comes into town with their 19 five-star prospects and they just get fucking smashed in the biggest games.