For every player like Deandre Ayton who dominates college basketball from the minute they step on the court, there are dozens of guys like Alex Barcello who need a year or two to get acclimated.
Barcello started his freshman season well, but fell out of the Arizona Wildcats’ rotation once the competition stiffened. The 6-foot-2 guard played all of 40 minutes in Pac-12 play and one minute in the postseason.
In the end, the former four-star recruit averaged just 2.4 points per game in 9.4 minutes in his first season in Tucson.