EUGENE, Ore. – Ninety minutes before Saturday's contest, associate head coach Lorenzo Romar led the University of Arizona men's basketball team off the bus and into the visitors' locker room at Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena.
Sean Miller was not in the building.
Maybe not the state.
This is the Wildcats' new reality. How long it lasts is anyone's guess. On Friday night, ESPN.com reported that Miller – in his ninth season as head coach at Arizona – was caught on FBI wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment to star freshman Deandre Ayton. It's not known if Ayton received the payment.