Walk-on Jordan Mains is one of four players slated to participate in the Senior Day ceremony for No. 7 Arizona on Saturday; none has experienced as much as he has in a Wildcat uniform.
Bruce Pascoe Four years after turning away from a mid-major college basketball career, Jordan Mains is starting to think about that route again.
“It’s been a ride for sure,” Mains said. “A lot of ups and a lot of downs ... but I’m really, really blessed here. I’ve made a lot of good friendships with a lot of good people, and I’m just grateful for the time being here.” “So I’m telling him, if he decides to move on and go somewhere else, he could be playing real minutes at other schools for sure.”
The COVID effects were even more profound the next season: In 2020-21, players took near-daily COVID tests, ate meals separately from one another and played in front of lifeless cardboard cutouts. Then, a full six weeks after that season, Arizona fired coach Sean Miller, the sort of move that can normally flood the transfer portal with players. But Mains said he never gave much thought to leaving.
‘Super fun’Even though that 2020-21 Arizona team was largely out of the public eye because of the postseason ban and COVID restrictions, Mains saw better things coming in 2021-22. The development was happening with guys such as Bennedict Mathurin, Christian Koloko, Dalen Terry, Azuolas Tubelis and Kerr Kriisa.
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