Washington has had success going with smaller lineups this season, using the 6-6 Dominic Green at power forward sometimes and getting a boost from Carlos Green lately, according to Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar.
But Washington may not deploy that sort of lineup today, not with Lauri Markkanen at power forward for Arizona, and Dusan Ristic or Chance Comanche at center.
“Against Arizona, they’re just too big and methodical for that to probably be effective in that game,” Romar said. “But who knows. If the game presents itself and we have to try different things maybe that could work. But I know (against ASU Thursday) when we played bigger, we were more effective.”
Romar has turned to New Zealand freshman Sam Timmins at center, saying he’s been particularly helpful in the Huskies’ zone defense.
“When we’re in the zone, he’s very smart back there and he has a nice presence. He’s very active,” Romar said. “Out of all our frontline guys he gets more deflections than anyone because he’s quick to read situations and you just feel him back there.”
