No one who watched Northwestern in the 2019-20 season would argue that Veronica Burton was anything but a darn good basketball player. She averaged 11.6 points, 5.1 assists and an out-of-this world 3.3 steals per game, rightfully earning the distinctions of the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year and the “Backcourt Burglar” inside Welsh-Ryan Arena.
But this year she isn’t just good. She’s off to an incredible start.
“Her basketball IQ is right there with anybody I’ve ever been around,” Joe McKeown said postgame. “She knows what all five people are doing on our team and [on] the other team.