TUCSON - If Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson show up as expected to McKale Center this weekend, don’t blame Arizona coach Sean Miller for pulling out a couple of extra Wildcats jerseys for them.
After all, both left with more than enough eligibility to play in Friday’s Arizona-UCLA game, as did Grant Jerrett, Aaron Gordon, and Brandon Ashley, a “starting five” that will never be.
And on the other side of the court, UCLA coach Steve Alford could have rolled out his own starting five of players who left school with enough eligibility to still be in a Bruins uniform Friday: Shabazz Muhammad, Zach LaVine, Jordan Adams, Kyle Anderson and Kevon Looney.