The last time John Calipari played two seven-footers on the floor at the same time, it worked out quite well. Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein constructed the most formidable and impenetrable frontcourt in all of college basketball during the 2014-15 season. Kentucky had the No. 6 offense and No. 1 defense in the country that year, per KenPom, and won 38 straight games before… Well, you know…
But even during that near-perfect run, the game of basketball was already trending away from playing multiple bigs at the same time.