He’s been the unquestioned leader of this team, but over Christmas, Allen got away from the game to focus on family.
“I called coach on Christmas Eve and just told him like I might not make it back for Christmas,” Allen said. “I might make it back the 26th.”
Why the thought of not leaving his family right away?
His three-month-old daughter.
“From his perspective, I think he wants to do that right, which is awesome to hear,” Sean Miller said about Allen’s phone call. “The point I made to him is simply, the way he’s able to do things right is graduate (two classes remaining) and to finish what he began here at Arizona in the very best way possible and as the leader of our team being here for practices is a tone-setter for the next month or so.