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While clearly the problems re: lack of talent/ lack of effort/poor coaching are a pervasive problem on this team, the "best" player, Burton, is not part of the solution, i.e., the program might be better off if he moves on at the end of the year.

When he went through his "evaluation" last year with the NBA, I thought he'd come back and be a better true point guard since I can count the number successful 5'10" shooting NBA guards with the fingers on one hand. But he hasn't gotten any better or any smarter as
a player after that feedback. That isn't to say the state of the team is at all on his shoulders ...that is all on the head coach...but it is absurd that in a game when we scored 97 points, there were only 10 assists and he is the lead ball handler on this team. The whole team seems to stand around and watch while Burton and Davis mindlessly dribbling while trying to get their own shots. Burton's incessant unsuccessful dive bombs through two defensive players seems to indicate, and I know that there are literally only two guys on this team that have any semblance of creating their own shot, that he hasn't learned a thing from his NBA eval.

While I was hoping this year would end up in an NIT bid but that was clearly looking at things through rose-colored glasses. Given that, I am confused why the current crop of freshmen who could serve as a base for the next team get little to no playing time and am worried that they will look for greener pastures. Does 2025-2026 become a 2024-2024 re-set and we are still 3 years away from an NCAA bid.

It has become more and more difficult to watch this team play and seem evidence of progress.