For Star subscribers: Tommy Lloyd didn’t go by the book — his book — as much as he went with the wisdom of those he hired in Friday's win.
Greg Hansen LAS VEGAS — Timeout, 3:46 remaining. Arizona led Colorado 71-65. As Tommy Lloyd prepared to give instructions for the most important 3:46 of the season, he turned to assistant coach Jack Murphy and showed him some X’s and O’s on a clipboard.
Lloyd didn’t go by the book — his book — as much as he went with the wisdom of those he hired, three men the UA pays more than $700,000 to help Lloyd coach Arizona back to prominence. It was a pick-your-poison move, one that opened up the perimeter. As such, Colorado’s Jabari Walker made five consecutive 3-pointers to open the game. Colorado led 18-11. The thousands of Arizona fans sitting anxiously in T-Mobile Arena wondered what in the world was going on.But there was a method to what appeared to be madness.
"It took some courage to stick with it," said Lloyd."When they made four 3s before the first media timeout, it was like, ‘Here we go again.’ But we hung with it and believed in the plan. It ended up working.""Colorado scored over 50 points in the paint and we lost our defensive principles ," Lloyd, the ol' professor."We’re a great paint-protection team, but sometimes I get greedy and want both, to not give up 3s, either.
"In the first half we made nine 3s and we were still down nine," Boyle said, shaking his head."That’s all defense. We don’t normally take 32 3s."
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