That's been his MO forever. Great seasons and bail early in the tournament. I too wouldn't fire him.I like Barnes a lot, but he has been disappointing in the big tournament games. Seems his teams never go as far as they should. I don't want to fire him though. I doubt we could do better.
A little info on ZZ. The question was if ZZ would play Sunday.I hope ZZ is fully recovered. From reports, it appears that he is.
I expect Vescovi to be an assassin like we haven't had since Lofton.
I admit that I don't know much about our interior guys. Hopefully, we have a consistent scorer.
Lastly, part of me will miss Plas, but the other part not so much !
I would guess no ZZ but no definitive answer. Starters Sunday are Mashack, Gainey, Knecht, JJJ, Aidoo.
Zakai wants to play badly but staff does not want him to push it. Wisconsin has always been the realistic target for a small role but we'll see if he can weasel his way out there for a few minutes.
Just no reason to push it in an exhibition game. Very challenging November schedule with 5 likely Q1 games and I think playing at least a limited role in those key games is the expectation.