Coaches love the refrain “control what you can control,” but the major theme of this season for Utes junior Sedrick Barefield has been searching for a way to thrive on the court while ceding more control than he ever has before.
Barefield, a scoring point guard throughout his prep, AAU and collegiate careers until this season, has seen his season marked by large fluctuations in his production. He has endured extended shooting slumps for the first time he can remember. The latest twist in his season of peaks and valleys included him coming off the bench in Sunday’s win against Washington State.