NCAA Basketball: 5 guards who need to take the next step(s) in 2020-21

Final Thoughts

After reviewing my five player evaluations, I think that you can clearly see that each player is capable of having a great 2020-21 season. Additionally, you can see that all five players can obviously play, and have proven that they can be bring something positive to the table, whenever they step on the floor.

And while that is tremendous, if they want to really want to turn heads in 2020-21, and set themselves up for success this season, and in the years to come, they need to make the improvements that I suggested.

Ponder this message for a second, college basketball only lasts so long for players, so for younger guys like Nah’Shon Hyland, Jaelen House, and Desi Sills, the quicker they are able to take that substantial leap, the better chance they will have of being impactful players at the next level.

For older guys like, Charlie Moore, and Jacob Gilyard, who probably won’t be playing college basketball in 2021-22 (unless they want to take the extra year of eligibility that the NCAA granted them), this season is their golden opportunity to show professional scouts, that they have what it takes to triumph in the big leagues.

This task definitely won’t be easy for Moore and Gilyard to complete, considering the fact that, neither of them has the luxury of saying that height is on their side (or that they are superb athletes). That is why they need to immediately fix the issues, that may plague them the most at the professional level.

If Moore was 6’3″ or 6’4″ (and a little more explosive), he would probably be able to get away with being a predictable driver at times, but because he is not, he needs to take the time to get his opponents to bite on his shot fakes, so that he can turn potential low-percentage shots, into high-percentage shots.

For Gilyard, taking an extra dribble, so that he can meet the opposing team’s big man at the rim (when he doesn’t have to), or throw a better pass to one of his teammates, may lead to more turnovers, and blocked shots (for opposing big men) at the next level (which should make correcting this issue this season, a priority for Gilyard).

At the end of the day, if all five of the guys mentioned in this article are the same exact players they were last season, in 2020-21, they will still be good players. However, if they commit to making sure that their games evolve this season, they will be more dangerous than you could ever imagine.