The good part about early-season games, Sean Miller says, is that even in losses it is easy to find a silver lining.
Against Baylor, there were a few—the way the Arizona Wildcats defended, the way they hung in there despite a historically bad offensive day, and the emergence of freshman Christian Koloko.
The spindly 7-footer provided 12 quality minutes off the bench, posting two points, two assists (including a behind-the-back pass), a host of blocks, and +5 plus-minus.
“The one thing he didn’t do is rebound, but just kind of evaluating his 12-minute segment, I don’t know how many were really there for him to get,” Miller said.