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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 5200456, member: 12414"] I think he has to hope that Alex somehow snaps out of this and starts to shoot better. Liam is clearly our best player and as far as ceiling Alex may be our 5th best player again. But for this team to be competitive and make some noise in March Alex is going to have to resemble more of the shooter he was as a Freshman and Sophomore. He is definitely a better defender this year than he was the last two years. But if he is not shooting it well it has a negative impact on the rest of the team. The reason we went on the run while he was out is it freed up Liam to take charge and that is our best offense. Also a shout out to Diarra we need him to play well too. But what you are seeing is a fifth year senior and I still think Nowell if he is playing as a fifth year senior would be every bit the player Hass is right now probably better. Unfortunately, Pitino is right, when he said he is not recruiting high school players because there are like 5 or so of them a year that are good enough to compete and contribute right away and there is a handful of teams that get those players. That may change now that we are getting past the Covid years but the portal is like going after top level 5 stars. [/QUOTE]