Grant Jerrett wasn't available in the post-game interview room -- freshmen are mostly kept off limits until after the season begins -- and he's a pretty soft-spoken guy, anyway.
That's OK. Jerrett's work on the court in the Red-Blue Game communicated a pretty strong message, with 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists, one block and a steal.
Afterward, teammate Kevin Parrom was there to speak about Jerrett glowingly, too.
"He has a smooth game," Parrom said. "You can tell he’s been around the game for a long time. He’s been doing that since he was little. It’s comes easy for him on the offensive end and the defensive end. One, because he has long arms. You guys don’t look at that but his arms are long, so on the defensive end, he’s going to get a lot of blocks this season.
"And offensively you've seen what he did today. I'm sure you’re going to see a lot more as the season progresses. He should be really good for us."
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Isaiah Briscoe's dad told Scout.com (subscription only) that not only was the basketball part of his son's visit impressive but also that the other things such as the campus "blew us away."
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An obviously pleased Sean Miller tweeted out a photo of the sold-out Red-Blue atmosphere.
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Some other perspectives on the Red-Blue Game:
--Anthony Gimino looked at Jerrett's contributions.
-- Javier Morales has a post on the recruiting implications and all the usual tweets and links on his site. He also had a notebook for the Citizen.
-- Steve Rivera had a game story leading with Tom Tolbert's advice.
-- The AP's John Marshall says the Wildcats looked like they'll be pretty good.
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Our coverage from Sunday: A main story, notes, a sidebar on Kevin Parrom, Greg Hansen's column, a photo gallery and a transcript of our fan chat run during the event.
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Former UA aide Jack Murphy, now the head coach at NAU, hired former Las Vegas high school coach Al La Rocque to add experience to his staff. La Rocque played for Lute Olson at Long Beach City College and has remained close to Murphy for years.
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With Jahii Carson available, ASU appeared to run at a faster pace during its public scrimmage over the weekend.
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The Seattle Times' Percy Allen has UCLA No. 8 and Arizona No. 14 in his preseason AP poll ballot.
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ESPN posted the Pac-12 team previews that the Republic's Doug Haller and I did for Blue Ribbon Yearbook, though you need an Insider subscription to read many of them (including this one on Arizona). The Cal preview is free.
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There's still no answers in the NCAA investigations of Kyle Anderson and Shabazz Muhammad and UCLA's David Wear sprained an ankle.
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Not only is Colorado's Josh Scott 6-foot-10 and talented but he's also ambidextrous.
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Have posted a YouTube clip of Gabe York's dunks above if you missed seeing them..
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