They have two potential lottery talents on that roster in Ennis and Grant, one of the best scorers in college in CJ Fair, and the typical Cuse dead-eye 3-point threat in Cooney.

People THOUGHT it would be a down year because no one expected Ennis to be as good as he's been. But since he's been possibly the best point guard in the country to date, they are absolutely as good as they can be, with plenty of talent and a system that has worked for decades.

Find me one season in which Cuse has had two lottery picks in the same year. Just one. EDIT: in which they were both ready to be Top 15 picks-- obviously Coleman and Owens were both lotto but came out different years... and either way, if that was the last squad to have two lotto picks playing at lotto caliber the same season, that doesn't help your "down year" argument.

11/13: Hot Frosty (on Netflix)
11/23: Three Wiser Men & A Boy (on Hallmark)
11/27: Christmas Under the Lights (on Hallmark Mysteries)
12/14: The Santa Class (on Hallmark)