Equally talented?? I don't see any pure knock down shooters on our team nor first round NBAer in this draft like Culver. Thought we played pretty hard on defense. But, you're right, nobody likes 9-9 seasons especially the way they started, but Shaka Smart and Jamie Dixon came to the big12 with more acclaim than CSP and had plenty of experience back in their lineups and look where they're at......barely on the bubble.
Beard gets a lot of credit but Culver is the reason. It would be like Prohm walking in to Ames and Harrison Barnes commits to ISU. Duke probably has 4 of the top 10 picks in next years draft. That leaves 6 for the rest of the country and Culver is probably one of the six. Very fortunate.