There’s light at the end of the tunnel, though, says Barnhart (12/19/22)
“There are growing pains and we’re going through that, nights when the ball is not going in the hole,” he said. “The game against Michigan State, stubbed our toe down the stretch, couldn’t finish that one. The Gonzaga game, just didn’t have a very good night that night. And then the UCLA game, obviously we just really struggled to shoot the ball. We had a lot of open looks, a lot of open looks, and just couldn’t get them to go down. That’s a little unusual for this team, they’re pretty good shooters. You’ve got some folks who can do that.
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“I do believe that the pieces of the puzzle are in place. I watched Chris Livingston come alive, and I believe we’ll be able to put pieces of the puzzle together as we go through the season. Cal’s teams generally get better as we go and as they begin to develop and spend time together in December, and we get into the heart of it.”
Livingson hasn't "come alive", Cal can't figure out the pieces.
“It’s all defined by what we do in March, there’s no mystery in that,” Barnhart said. “So we’ve got to build to that and make sure we find ourselves and put ourselves in a position and see what we can accomplish in March.”
This one is probably going to end badly as well.
