LAS VEGAS—For the first half of the season, it was a continuous cycle of anticipating Allonzo Trier returning to the lineup after being held out for unknown reasons.
Time after time, it was Trier disappointing, because he wore sweatpants and I had the occasional thought of “oh look, Zo got some new kicks”. Then just before the Wildcats took on UCLA on the road in January, Trier returned after missing 19 games for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs in September and he was egged on.
The UCLA student section chanted “steeeeeeroids” and “he’s a cheater” and whenever the Wildcats went on the road, occasionally miscellaneous slander chants towards Trier could be heard.