Seen and heard at the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento: Arizona's Azuolas Tubelis ponders his future, history repeats for Princeton and more.
Bruce Pascoe SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Since the Arizona Wildcats are usually not available for comment after the season, the questions roll in immediately after their final game.
All three players left for the pros and were taken in the 2022 NBA draft. This year, ESPN doesn’t have Tubelis in its current two-round mock draft but ranks him No. 69 out of 100 top prospects. NBADraft.net has Tubelis going No. 34. “There's going to be some comparisons from some of you, I'm sure, to coach Carril,” Henderson said. “I want to be really clear that this group did this. That was a really long time ago. This group did something special for its university, for the fans, for the former players and for one another. Very similar way that you see in the tournament, they just came together and did it.
“He would be very proud of the group,” Henderson said. “He wouldn't want any attention to be brought other than what these guys did. They played to win. We knew we had to keep the game low possessions. They had eight fastbreak points, mostly off of our turnovers. But that's really good.” The only problem: By the time the Wildcats took the floor at the Golden 1 Center on Thursday, Utah State and Virginia were already out of the field. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers lost after a last-minute turnover turned into a go-ahead 3 in Furman’s 68-67 upset, while Missouri beat Utah State 76-65 in Thursday’s first game in Sacramento.USBWA honors TubelisTubelis picked up another second-team all-America honor, this time from the United States Basketball Writers Association.
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