His play that game was walk-on level bad IMO. He was better against Michigan (I think i gave him a B or something for that game, whereas the other guards all got Fs). I thought he was again mediocre against Quinnipiac. I am curious to see what happens when we start playing high level teams that have guards with high level physiques and skills. Cadeau is something of an outlier because he's short and can't shoot, so that was a good matchup for Darling (not so much for Sellers!).
Pitino is going to play him out of necessity because he has nobody else unless one of the other guards suddenly turns into a PG (and he's going to say Darling is a rock star because, Pitino). But he should not be playing more than 8-10 minutes per game on a team with Final 4 aspirations, and if he were on U Conn, for example, he would be playing Aiden Mahaney minutes.
Great kid, solid with the ball, if he gets it to other players, hits the occasional open shot, and maybe surprises some opponents by getting to the rim, that will be wonderful.
But tbh - and it pains me to say this - he makes me miss Daniss Jenkins. We would have a better shot at the FF with him at PG.
