During his weekly news conference Monday, Miller said again that injured guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright is ahead of schedule and that he hoped to get his “whole team” back at some point.
By “whole team,” that presumably means guard Allonzo Trier, who has missed 12 games with his NCAA eligibility issue — although, as always, nobody wants to comment on that. UA prefaces nearly every press conference with the warning that Trier questions can't be answered, while two NCAA officials declined to comment in any form when asked by the Star about Trier.
Regardless of Trier, though, PJC may be on the earlier rather than later end of the 4-8 week timetable typically given to those who suffer high ankle sprains, as Jackson-Cartwright did on Nov. 30.
Miller said it’s even possible – though hardly certain -- that Jackson-Cartwright could return for UA’s Pac-12 opener on Dec. 30 at Cal, which would be just after the four-week mark.
“I don’t believe it’s in the cards for him to be out eight” weeks, Miller said. “What the actual time is we’ll find out more and more.”
Overall, Miller characterized UA's missing-persons picture this way:
“Obviously, we need some good fortune to stay away from injury, and hopefully we can welcome our whole team back at some point,” Miller said. “You feel like you deserve that. Kadeem Allen deserves that. It would be nice to walk out there and not have to come to you guys (media) at the end of the game and talk about surviving foul trouble and some of the things we currently have to do in our situation.”
