While UConn looks every bit the part of a defending champion, a critical flaw is starting to show in Dan Hurley’s backcourt. A 9-1 record and players like Solo Ball (15.0 average points), Tarris Reed Jr (14.8 average points), and Alex Karaban (13.4 average points) leading the fray. At this rate, UConn might very well replicate its 2023-24 NCAA Championship win. Yet beneath the winning margins, one key piece of Hurley’s guard rotation isn’t clicking the way it was supposed to.

Apparently, their high-profile transfer guard, Silas Demary Jr, isn’t delivering the way he was expected to, and that has become quite a concern. For a guard carrying an NIL valuation of about $10,400, that kind of early-season return has drawn even more scrutiny from fans and analysts. On the “Field of 68: After Dar

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