'Everyone was telling me how much of a hometown it is, but they still have a big community and the hugest fan base like on the West Coast. I said, 'That's really good.''
Bruce Pascoe Already bullish on Arizona as a high school freshman in the spring of 2021, Jamari Phillips really only had to check one more thing about the Wildcats last weekend before becoming their newest commit.
So he did. Not only did Phillips wind up taking in Arizona’s biggest win of the year so far, a 75-70 win over Tennessee on Saturday, but he also found things outside of McKale Center weren’t so bad. The Tucson area does have about a million people, and five-figure crowds routinely fill the campus arena for games.
The only real delay was in the typically methodical and deliberate recruiting style Lloyd has shown since taking over the Wildcats. That conversation happened in early November, and Phillips posted on Nov. 6 that the Wildcats had offered him a scholarship. So exactly six weeks after receiving Arizona's offer, Jamari visited Tucson. He was originally scheduled to do so with another UA 2024 target, club-ball teammate Carter Bryant. James Phillips said a car accident delayed Bryant’s plans — Bryant wasn’t hurt — so Jamari Phillips made the visit by himself.
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