Sean Miller praising Mark Tollefsen

From Bruce Pascoe: "he (Arizona Coach Sean Miller) called Mark Tollefsen a “1B” factor this week.

While starting in place of Allonzo Trier at small forward, Tollefsen had 11 points in each game and shot a combined 8-for-10 from the field. He was also 4 of 4 from three-point territory, hitting three against Washington and one against Washington State.

“The thing Mark’s done for our program since day one is he showed up as a team player,” Miller said. “He makes the extra pass. If you’re open, he gives the ball up. At times he’s almost too unselfish. And in fairness to Mark, not only has he learned our system in a crash course but because of the injuries we’ve had, we have moved him all over the place.

“He’s played weeks, days, games while playing only the four, then all of a sudden weeks, games, only at the three. Then a little bit of both and now he’s back at the three. That’s not easy.

“I would say he would be 1B this weekend of how he shot the ball. When you have unselfish guys who really give great effort, it’s something you enjoy watching. I think if you watch our team, we’re a fun team to watch right now because the ball moves – and Mark and Parker (Cartwright) have a lot to do with that..."