After being in such a hurry to start playing college basketball and then spending his first season of on-court action needlessly trying to play at break-neck speed, Johnson realizes that slow and steady may ultimately be his winning formula.
Johnson, a 7-foot 235-pound sophomore, sat out the first two games of this season due to an ankle injury, but he played in Thursday’s win over Missouri. He had to knock off some rust after missing more than a week of practice on top of the two games, but he scored 10 points and hauled in five rebounds to go along with a pair of blocks in 15 minutes.