It’s one thing to play well during easier parts of the schedule. It’s another to ascend to the peak of your powers during the most important stretches of the season. Players like Kemba Walker and Steph Curry were elevated to college basketball royalty not just because they scorched nets in November but because they laid waste to their opponents in March.
Although Trevon Scott didn’t reach the same rarefied air as Walker and Curry last season, he certainly ended the year with a ton of momentum. Starting with the penultimate game of the regular season and stretching to the Cincinnati Bearcats’ unfortunately short stay in the NCAA Tournament, Scott averaged 13 points and 8.