In a midseason roundtable published among ESPN.com's "insider" content, three of four ESPN college basketball writers picked Arizona's Allonzo Trier as the "player who has been the biggest disappointment" so far this season.
Andy Katz chose Duke’s polarizing Grayson Allen but ESPN’s Eamonn Brennan, C.L Brown and Myron Medcalf said it was Trier.
“Obviously, it’s not because of what he’s done on the court,” Brown wrote. “With Trier, the Wildcats could contend with UCLA and Oregon for the Pac-12 crown. The problem is he hasn’t played in any of the Wildcats’ 17 games.
“It’s one of the most bizarre suspensions – if you can call it that, since the school has not announced exactly why he’s out – in recent memory.”
Medcalf also questioned UA’s lack of transparency on Trier.
“We’re still not sure why he’s still sitting, and Arizona officials continue to offer vague explanations for his absence,” Medcalf wrote. “It’s disappointing because we’re still not sure why a talented player has yet to play a minute this season.”
Trier's latest posts on Instagram are fodder for more word-parsing, if you still have an appetite for that.
Last week on Instagram he posted a picture of himself drinking water on the bench and said “Thirsty for the game.”
This week, Trier posted photos of himself with the words:
“Starting to feel a little too big for the cage I been trapped in.”
And, “faced with immeasurable odds, still I gave straight bets.”
