By Bruce Pascoe | Arizona Daily Star
Arizona’s annual media day is typically a time of optimism, promotion and laughter within the program.
There was some of that, to be sure, when the Wildcats held their 2018-19 version last Monday. But just as UA coach Sean Miller walked into the McKale Center interview room to talk about his team, the ESPN.com home page was carrying a story: “Collateral damage likely as NCAA hoops trial opens.”
A photo of a troubled-looking Miller ran next to it.
Miller was asked how he felt that looked. He was asked if the Wildcats still have a cloud over them, a year after assistant coach Book Richardson was arrested on federal bribery and fraud charges as part of the federal investigation into college basketball.
