Status: Returning
Position: Forward
Height: 6-9
Weight: 220
Will be: A senior next season
2016-17 stats: 2.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 12 minutes per game, 53.7 field goal percentage.
Next year's projected role: Reserve forward
Analysis: Signed out of junior college last spring as a role player or possible redshirt, Pinder was needed immediately because of injuries to Ray Smith and Talbott Denny. Pinder earned heavy minutes late in the season when the Wildcats faced teams with smaller frontcourts — especially at Arizona State and against Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament, where he started in order to prevent Lauri Markkanen from picking up early fouls against Dillon Brooks.
