Our Floor general is Lovett, but he is a score first guard. He is averaging 5 assists a game and that should be 7-8 if we had bigs who can score. We don't have a guy to lean on, we are 349th out 350 NCAA schools in experience and glue guy, none yet. However, Mullin had to bring in scorers this year, which he did. Next year he has Simon who can play with the 3 guard set, a tall guard who can defend the one and two. If I had to pick a glue guy, it would be Ahmed, but again, he needs to be a scorer first.
I go back to watching pointer play. For 3 years, couldn't throw the ball in the ocean but he wanted to be the best defender on court at all times. We are missing that, but again, he had scorers and I go back to the fact that we needed scoring first. Scoring wins in College Basketball. The best teams win in the tourney that can score. The defense will have to catch up, offense is always a step ahead, especially with young players. Mullin's first two years, he needs to build an identity with these players. Year one is was building a team, year two is establishing a competitive team. Year 3, 4 and beyond, will create his identity as a coach and team.