Scott Rich

And that also goes to another guy who we need to talk about, Solo Ball.

Solo Ball is a guy who was a freshman on the second of the back-to-back championship teams.

He played a key role off the bench.

And UConn fans had the mindset of, hey, Solo Ball is coming back.

He's coming from being our sixth, seventh man to coming into the starting point.

He is just going to go supernova.

And he really hasn't.

He's a very good player that has stayed very good, not great over the last few years.

He has a reputation as a dead-eye shooter, but when you look at the stats, he is in reality a very, very streaky shooter.

Again, just like Terrace Reed sort of, you know, lulled when UConn lulled, part of UConn's late season poor performance corresponded with Solo Ball's three-point shot going by the wayside.

Also, that corresponded with the three-point shot of Braylon Mullins, their freshman.

So,

Sorry, go ahead, Jason.

Yeah, so for those who aren't aware, Braylon Mullins is a guy who missed the first portion of the season due to an ankle injury he suffered in practice.

He didn't debut until the very end of November against Illinois.

And UConn fans were sort of talking of Braylon Mullins like, oh, just you wait until Braylon Mullins gets back.

Essentially, the team was sort of constructed around him.

having the dead-eye shooter of Braylon Mullins, almost stepping right into the Liam McNeely role of last year.

They're very, very similar players, very similar archetypes.

The thing about Braylon Mullins is he has not shot the ball well for the last month.