Wednesday Headlines: DeMarcus Cousins Edition

In sports, there are always “what ifs.” Well, what if Demarcus Cousins played more than one year at Kentucky?

Cousins was part of John Calipari’s first recruiting class at Kentucky in 2010. That team won the school’s first Southeastern Conference title since 2004 and went on to narrowly lose to West Virginia in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Cousins was a one-and-done player, entering the NBA Draft to be selected No. 5 overall by the Sacramento Kings. But what if he had not been a one-and-done player?

Would Kentucky have been able to advance past Connecticut in the 2011 Final Four? One would think a player like Cousins would have likely impacted that game enough to give Kentucky the…