Arizona coach Sean Miller took part in his form of social-distancing interviews by fielding questions from longtime Arizona broadcaster Brian Jeffries via a video conference that was published tonight on YouTube by the university.
The topics discussed in the video (timeline provided by the Arizona media relations department):
0:57 – How the team was informed of the cancellation of the Pac-12 Tournament
1:53 – Zeke Nnaji, Nico Mannion and Josh Green declaring for the NBA Draft
3:40 – Communicating with the team during COVID-19
6:44 – Key to Arizona’s success on the defensive end in 2019-20
8:55 – Discussing Jordan Brown and James Akinjo
13:28 – Signee Dalen Terry
15:05 – International recruiting process and philosophy
18:09 – Signee Daniel Batcho
19:25 – Signee Kerr Kriisa
21:10 – Signee Benn Mathurin
22:50 – Signee Tibet Gorener
24:45 – Grad transfers (Stone Gettings and Max Hazzard)
27:58 – Grad transfer Terrell Brown Jr.
29:13 – Comments on Ira Lee
30:10 – Comments on Jemarl Baker Jr.
31:14 – Comments on Christian Koloko
33:12 – Looking back at 2019-20 season and what could have been in the NCAA Tournament
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