Connor Williams-Led Arizona State goes from ‘broken’ to ncaa lead

Carlsbad, California. – Too many victories is often the worst thing for someone.

These were the words of the state of Arizona Matt Thurmond after the sun failed to qualify for the NCAA championship as a top seed in 2024. years of NCAA Santa Fe Regional and the winners of the three last four events, including the final PAC-12 championship.

“There is only a certain psychology that comes after you are broken,” then Thurmond explained at the time, “and it is different from the psychology you have after you win.”

The process of healing for Arizona in this season included three victories, evenly in the season, including the five-primary coatings, including the NCAA Bremerton, where Arizona is cruised for 26 shots of Utah, which ended as the first team.

If last year the devils were “stunned in the reality of what is needed” to succeed in post-season, then this time Thurmond’s team is fully aware. They entered this weekly NCAA championship relatively under the radar radar and as a newborn that did not see Omni La Costa. Sophomore Connor Williams is the area of ​​San Diega Rodom, although no His 100 plus circles here before this week came after re-knowledge Gil Hanse.

“I was a little worried after last year she disappeared to go out behind the knowledge about it,” Thurmond said. “We’ve never seen him by a circle of practice, and I didn’t look at one minute coverage last year.”

And yet through 36 holes, the Arizona State of the Test field in 13 below, three shots better than Oklahoma and 20 cleansing Illinois, which is currently sitting in the ninth and is currently the first team from the game. The sunny devils dumped Michaela Mjaaset on Saturday in the second round and praise two players in the top 5 individually in Josele Ballester (T-5) and Williams, who are tied to Michael La Sasso in 9 below, four shots better than a third place. Thurmond was especially satisfied with only six Bogea and there are no pairs from his broker meters in 2. Round.

“It’s nice to get it out of my mind,” Thurmond added, “that we can play this course just like any other.”

Nobody plays better than Williams at the moment.

Williams, who were from nearby Escondido, was not the shortest Junior player Arizona Luke Potter, who is now playing in Texas, told Thurmond soon after the ninth grade should be next to Williams.

“He’s not so good,” Potter said, according to Thurmond, “but he does everything right, looking forward to the great guy, is a great guy and we want him to Ace.”

“We started watching him,” Thurmond added, “and he committed soon after that.”

With Ballester and Preston Summerhays, soaking much of the attention and expectations, Williams has developed incessantly into one of the best players in the country. It is ranked at 35. The place in the ground and in the fall was upheld by three Vrh-8. But the spring ended the top 60 in Hawaii and T-50 in Valley missing Sun Devil’s victory at Cabo Collegiate between playing in Puerto Rico open, where he missed the cut. He fought for the next few events as Thurmond did not decide to throw him in a 54-hole qualifier, for big 12s with the first peer Wernicke.

Williams won that qualifier and then finished racing in the southern hills. He followed T-5 on the regions.

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Thurmond was added: “People have no idea how much that guy is. He wins again and over again in the drills we do every day in practice. But he deserved.