I’ve heard several conspiracies or ideas of what happened, but I never heard that Pitino convinced Hancock to sit out “sick”.If Pitino didn’t convince Hancock to sit out “sick,” who knows how far Mason could’ve gone in 2011. He dominated Nova, then suddenly couldn’t play in the second round—only to end up at Louisville.
Look at the metrics, last time I looked if I recall correctly, 2011 was better.I don’t know, as good as Mike Mo and Cornelius were, I’ve got to give the edge to the Skinn, Butler, Campbell, Lewis, Thomas, Norwood 5+1.
The one advantage 2011 had was Hancock. But I think Cam Long would have had a real problem handling the defense when they went to the scramble (think the start of the second half against UNC).