If both point guard Ty Jerome and sharpshooter Kyle Guy return to Charlottesville next season, the Cavaliers have to be the hands-down favorites nationally. There’s little belief that De’Andre Hunter will return, but the rest of the Virginia core will.
It’s almost stunning to see how much of the Spartans cast will return, considering how dominant Michigan State was down the stretch. Tom Izzo returning Cassius Winston, Joshua Langford, Aaron Henry and likely Nick Ward is a scary thought.
Fighting through the fluid mess that always is Kentucky’s roster, if all the pieces that should come back to Lexington do, John Calipari will have a mess of next-level talent on campus.