TUCSON - Especially considering the fleeting nature of high-major basketball, playing 49 games for the Arizona Wildcats qualifies center Chance Comanche as a veteran.
He looks like one, too.
“He’s a more experienced, seasoned player this year, and you can see that,” coach Sean Miller says.
There’s no doubt that contrasts with the Beverly Hills (Calif.) High School grad who showed up at UA in June 2015 with just 187 pounds on his 6-foot-11 frame, a four-star recruit with a long way to go.
The only question is: Who gets the credit?
Is it strength coach Chris Rounds, who slapped 15 pounds on Comanche’s rail-thin frame before he played a single game as a freshman — and now has him at a Pac-12-ready 215, up nearly 30 pounds since he arrived?