Arizona guard Allonzo Trier will not play for the Wildcats tonight against Utah, meaning he has now missed half of UA's regular season because of an NCAA suspension.
Trier dressed in street clothes and took some early warmups but was not in game gear. UA has not commented on his status since October, and the NCAA also will not.
Arizona is scheduled to play 31 regular-season games plus the Pac-12 Tournament (which is technically part of the regular season, and usually counted as one game for scheduling purposes).
So tonight's UA-Utah game is technically No. 16 of 32 games, while the Wildcats' game Saturday against Colorado will be just past the halfway point -- and thus is a commonly speculated possible return date for Trier.
The NCAA cleared Trier to travel before UA's Dec. 3 game against Gonzaga in Los Angeles, according to UA coach Sean Miller, so he has been a consistent presence on the road and on the bench with the Wildcats, failing only to make UA's Dec. 10 trip to Missouri because of fall semester finals.
Earlier today, Draft Express put Trier at No. 56 on its 2017 mock NBA Draft. UA freshman Lauri Markkanen is estimated at No. 8.
