These conversations are always funny to me since there is truly no ONE way to win a championship in college basketball. We’ve won it all with talented teams and not so talented teams, young and old, deep and just 8. If we win with 5, GREAT; if we win with 10, GREAT! If Scheyer can win at the same clip as K or the same way as K, why does it matter if the rotation is deep or not? In the title game, Kansas played 9 players; 6 played 21 or more minutes and 3 played 7 minutes or less. UNC only played 7 players total.
So here's the challenge that breaks down this thread into another thread; will Jon coach like K?
Nova' and a few other NT teams in the last 10 years played 10 players and down the stretch it became 8 to 9. Sometimes it was matchups, other times injuries, or just in the moment. A ten man rotation does not mean every player gets the same amount of burn. It just means the team is able to sub guys in at the same position when needed.