But, but Barnes...
They are not even near their peak performance yet. KC's and Z's continuing development will be key to finishing well. He has them running two completely different offensive sets now. Barnes has been letting them struggle at times to work things out for themselves, which gets them to pay closer attention to him.
Vescovi is special and has elevated his D. He gets it. JJJ does the unsung stuff that Barnes wants while hitting a key shot now and then. He gets it. The three bigs compete hard in a rotation based on the opponent along with another big in development. Fulky getting COVID may have been a blessing to the others' development. Hopefully he continues to build his stamina back. Powell is finding his role and starting to see much better D and ball handling with him.
Instead of dissing, we should all be singing their praises for going to work on improving and literally fighting if necessary. Every team has a bad game like the UK game was. UK peaked that day. Bama has fallen off a cliff. It happens. It's how you respond when it matters most - in the month of March. Everything else is just a build up and development process for March.