Former Gonzaga star Przemek Karnowski joins Arizona basketball staff

Gonzaga’s Przemek Karnowski, proper, shoots in opposition to Pepperdine’s Nate Gehring in the course of the first half of an NCAA faculty basketball recreation within the semifinals of the West Coast Convention event Monday, March 9, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photograph/John Locher)

(AP Photograph/John Locher)

The Arizona Wildcats added former Gonzaga Bulldog middle Przemek Karnowski to the teaching workers as a graduate assistant on Wednesday, the place he’ll get to reunite with former Gonzaga assistant and present UA head coach Tommy Lloyd.

Karnowski spent 5 years with Gonzaga from 2012-2017 and was a fan favourite all through his tenure. He averaged 9.8 factors and 5.4 rebounds on 59.5% taking pictures in faculty earlier than in the end getting his profession minimize quick by accidents.

“Shimmy he was one of many smartest gamers I’ve ever been round,” Lloyd stated to reporters on Wednesday. “He thought the sport like a coach and he’s a really distinctive participant. So to have somebody … with that measurement and that have. Simply having that physique … the attractive factor about Przemek, he don’t want a blue pad. You possibly can simply use his physique to hit in opposition to, so it’ll be nice for all our guys.”

In his first day with the staff, Karnowski was already working with Arizona large males Dylan Anderson and Henri Veesaar.

“There’s a ton of worth having a giant man GA (graduate assistant), and there’s not a whole lot of them on the market,” Lloyd stated.

No. 11 Arizona is presently 15-3 regardless of being sixth within the Pac-12 standings with a 4-3 convention report. With the addition of Karnowski, the Wildcats will look to make a surge within the aggressive Pac-12.