The 2015 Kentucky Wildcats have a very real chance to be the best team in college basketball history. No team has even come close to matching their combination of size, length, and athleticism, and these qualities combined with their extreme competitive toughness make this version of Kentucky the greatest defensive team I've ever seen. They're bigger, faster, and more talented than anyone in the nation, and it will take a heroic effort from one of the other top teams mixed with a sub-par game by the Wildcats to knock them off.
The only chink in the armor is the fact that Kentucky doesn't play its best lineup that often. When the Wildcats put the lineup of Tyler Ulis, Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Willie Cauley-Stein on the floor, they will blow out anyone in the country every time. Luckily for the rest of the teams in college basketball, this lineup doesn't spend a whole lot of time on the court together. Despite this, every combination plays with great toughness and effort, and their roster is stocked with seven-footers, outside shooters, and lock-down defenders. Beating them is almost impossible.
One other potential road block to their undefeated season is that center Willie Cauley-Stein is the only consistent contributor who has completed his sophomore season. Kentucky's youth could certainly be an issue if someone manages to jump out to a early lead in the tournament, but I still think their plethora of future NBA stars will ultimately rise to the occasion. No team in the country has anywhere near the talent Kentucky possesses, and Coach Calipari has his team playing as hard as anyone on a nightly basis. It's pretty hard to envision anyone stopping the Wildcats from winning their second title in four seasons, but crazier things have happened.
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