The Arizona Wildcats have to replace the 16.1 points and 8.9 rebounds Zeke Nnaji averaged last season somehow, and maybe Azuolas Tubelis can do it.
UA head coach Sean Miller compared the Lithuanian freshman to Nnaji on Tuesday, his first time speaking publicly about Tubelis, whose twin Tautvilas also signed with the Wildcats but is not quite as decorated as a player.
“I think he gives us a lot of the same things that we came to love about Zeke Nnaji in that he’s a forward that’s versatile, very physical, can impact the game around the basket, but also is adept away from the rim, maybe even a little bit more so than Zeke,” Miller said of Azuolas.