And I wouldn't say we've declined for 4 straight years. We started at a pretty low point, overachieved in year 1, performed to our expectations in year 2, and underachieved in year 3. Year 4 is a wash.
In year 1, our 8 man rotation consisted of Seniors Paul, Richardson and Griffey (who had played together for 3 years prior), RS Junior Bertrand (same class as the prior 3), Sophomores Abrams, Egwu and Henry and transfer RS Senior McLaurin.
Going into the season, that's 14 total years playing together, 17 total years playing, and 19 total years period. That's a very experienced team and they went 23-13 and made the NCAA tournament, just like everyone expected. I wouldn't call that overachieving at all. That's playing right up to expectations.