The UA has not commented on guard Allonzo Trier's status for nearly three months. But Miller responded Tuesday when asked at his news conference Tuesday about Trier's demonstrative body language on the bench.
Although he's suspended for games, Trier has practiced all season and was cleared by the NCAA to travel with the Wildcats about a month ago. He has been a consistent presence within the team.
"I wish I could talk more about Allonzo," Miller said. "Hopefully in time I can but, I mean, the only thing you have to do is just watch him during the games to see how much he cares about winning, how bad he feels about not being able to play, and I think how much he really cares about Arizona and his teammates.
"He's engaged and he's been that way in practice. He practices with great spirit and energy and competitiveness that's helped our team as well, and we'll see."
Halfway point nears
If the NCAA chooses to reinstate Trier at the halfway point of this season, then he would return this weekend.
Arizona's game Thursday with Utah will be its 16th of 32 scheduled games — if the Pac-12 Tournament is counted as one game, as it usually is.
Saturday's game against Colorado would be No. 17, or the Wildcats' first after the midway point of their season.
But even if Trier is somehow cleared in time to play Thursday, Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak says he isn't game-planning for the UA guard.
"He's a great player, but there's a lot of great players on their team," Krystkowiak told reporters in Utah on Tuesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. "We don't have any film we can watch of him this year. ... We wouldn't find out probably until we were warming up anyway. It's one of those things where you only have so much time in a week to try to get across to your guys, and that's one that doesn't make much sense to me."
