Tommy Lloyd says that 'winning Maui doesn’t mean we start with a 6-0 lead at Utah' — and he appears to have players who agree.
Bruce Pascoe By the time the Arizona Wildcats finished sliding off their chartered boat and into the Pacific Ocean for some Thanksgiving Day snorkeling, their Maui Invitational trophy packed up for the ride home, the weather had turned rainy, windy and slightly cold.Except it wasn’t. Because of NCAA rules about mandatory off days and their long trip back Friday, the Wildcats took Thursday and Saturday off and didn’t get in a real practice until Sunday.
Ramey, already a veteran of four college basketball seasons at Texas, said he and his new teammates aren’t looking at it that way. A hangover isn't really an option. "Our guys understand that there's other games on the schedule, and that they haven't necessarily arrived," Lloyd said."I think for the most part our guys have a growth mindset and embrace getting better. So we're just trying to lock into that."
"I think he's probably a little more comfortable," Lloyd said of Smith."They’ve got a lot of returning players that are probably more comfortable with what he wants to do and it looks like they're off to a pretty good start. Lloyd said his system prompts the, to touch the ball often. His bigs even initiate action on the perimeter, while guards are also taught how best to pass to them in the post — something the Wildcats did a lot of in Maui.
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