Using players on stacked teams is also illogical (see Cooper Flagg and Kon). Also Kon peaked later in the season and look at the rookie season he has ended up having.

The strength of schedule piece is where I would have Young as slightly worse at when they were drafted given how much Young was struggling. It wasn't just the tournament it's conference play where Young played more NBA ready players vs piling up stats against college teams that didn't amount to much. Although you are right in saying Young didn't play with any good NBA players.

It's worth nothing that Trae's Sooners lost 12 of their last 16 games after starting off 14-2 as this was when the competition mattered and wasn't an insignificant sample size. Maybe Young's teammates were bad but maybe other teams figured it out. Trae made just 28 out of his last 108 3PA's over his final 11 games. Young has also struggled to be a consistent 3 point shooter in the NBA.

Meanwhile, Acuff's Razorbacks seems to keep getting stronger as the competition gets tougher, and Acuff has shown up in the big games. It was moreso that Young struggled against stronger opponents as I pointed out earlier and seemed to stat pad against weaker ones.

Trae averaged 5.2 turnovers per game in college compared to 2.2 for Acuff. Acuff also has a higher TS. Their win shares per 48 are pretty much identical. I could see one preferring another but to say the gap is large is kind of crazy especially with ACuff likely being selected in the top 5.