Yeah, he wasn't going to have a great supporting cast but having a generational talent goes a long way. Likekele and Anei were at least a couple good/experienced pieces for Cade to work with. Both top 20ish returning players in the Big 12.
Not that BT is gospel, but it is at least a reasonable starting point...
TOP 20+1 players in the Big 12 next year
Cunningham is supposed to be the best player in the conference by a wide margin. Jared Butler has a wide margin as #2 after that. Both of them are in the range for All-American honors and competing for national player of the year like that.
If you go down five at a time, Solomon would be second-team all-conference and Bolton would be third-team all conference if the above holds.
Wish we would have landed TGF.
Likekele and Anei would be #18 and #21.
Texas has the most players on the list with five.
A bunch of teams have three. A few teams have two. Might be a rough year in Manhattan and Fort Worth with those two purple teams having zero.