On his radio show on Monday evening, head coach Kelvin Sampson focused on the growth of one of his freshman players in the 2019-20 season, Marcus Sasser.
“Marcus is getting better,” Sampson said. “Being a freshman (in February) is not the same as it is in October or November. He has some scars on his back, and he’s figured some things out.”
For the head coach, he has been impressed with the 6-foot-1-inch guard’s persistence in handling adversity over the summer and early in the season.
“Marcus was not very good in June, July, August, and he was terrible in September,” Sampson said.