Stanley stays 'home'

Stanley Johnson, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and T.J. McConnell all showed up at McKale Center during the NBA All-Star break.

Then, when it was over, Stanley Johnson was still there.

“I was worried that he wasn’t going to leave,” Miller said. “I walked in the locker room and he was playing video games. You forget Stanley’s 19 years old. He’s at a place where he’s comfortable. He’s at a place where he had a wonderful experience. A lot of his friends went to school here, not just ones on the team, but away from the court as well.”

Miller said Johnson wanted a workout while he was in town, so the Wildcats threw him into the skills portion of their practice on Monday.

“It was good to see him,” Miller said. “It’s remarkable to look at his body and see physically how strong he is.

“It’s always great for our guys to see him working and how he goes about it, what his shot looks like, how fast he is. I think he passed the test.”