The two buddies will square off Tuesday night as No. 9-ranked Arizona hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Bruce Pascoe Strip away the five-figure McKale Center crowds and tradition of Arizona basketball surrounding Tommy Lloyd for a second, and you might see a lot of the same guy in Steve Lutz.
As a result of their successes, Lutz and Lloyd were finalists for the Joe B Hall Coach of the Year award given to the nation’s top-first year coach. While Jacksonville’s Jordan Mincy won that award, Lloyd went on to win several other national coach of the year awards while Lutz's reputation also grew.
After the Wildcats’ season, Lloyd lost to the portal only little-used Shane Nowell and the indefinitely suspended Kim Aiken — and managed to retain what are now four of his top five scorers.Lutz played small-college basketball in the 1990s at Texas Lutheran before becoming a longtime assistant coach. Lloyd played small-college ball at Whitman College in the 1990s, before becoming a Gonzaga assistant for two decades.
“Long story short, Tommy and were in those a lot together … I’ve known him for a long, long time and we’re good friends,” The Islanders needed the money and, after establishing itself as a tournament contender, a chance to test themselves against another high-major program. It’s what sports bettors call the “sandwich” game, potentially scarier for the Wildcats this time because the Islanders returned all five starters from their NCAA Tournament team — and have an aggressive defense with the 14th best defensive turnover percentage in Division I.
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