Wasnt Kentucky loaded this year and missed the tourney completely?
Kentucky always seems to be loaded, dont know how they didnt make the dance this year.
No they werent loaded this year. They only had 1 high profile player, Nerlens Noel, and he tore his ACL.
Alex Poythress-ESPN Top 100, 8th nationally on Rivals.com
Archie Goodwin-ESPN Top 100, 14th nationally on Rivals.com
Willie Cauley-ESPN Top 100, 40th nationally on Rivals.com
And obviously as you said Noel was ranked 2nd nationally according to Rivals.
So compare that to the class before then according to Rivals...(Davis 2nd, Gilchrist 3rd, Teague 5th, Wiltjer 22) You'd be correct, they were nowhere near as talented as that class, but still having #2, #8, and #14 isn't exactly a bad haul either.