I would argue that over the last 20 or so years State generally has tended to bring in talented athletes; Schools like Duke tends to bring in talented basketball players. In my mind there is a big difference. If you just look at the guys that left last year, each one of them had major flaws in their game. The only one that I think can eventually overcome his flaws is Lo Brown because his was more related to inexperience in the position and shooting is something you can improve through reps and mechanics.
I agree with a couple other points that were made regarding lack of supporting cast and team chemistry. There’s a video on youtube of State playing Kansas in 1987; if you watch that game you’ll quickly realize that we’ve not been close to that level of talent since.
