Arizona needs a smiling Stoudamire: Salim Stoudamire is the best shooter in the nation. Keep telling him that--he might believe you.(College Basketball)

The door to the Arizona locker room is closed. Nothing unusual about that. Having lost on the road at Washington, the Wildcats have completed the ritual postgame handshakes. It is time to talk a little about what went wrong, then shower off the sweat of defeat.

This is the standard postgame picture, right? Not exactly. See, all of the Wildcats are not yet inside. In a long, adjacent hallway, star guard Salim Stoudamire stands alone with his frustration. He waits several minutes before at last strolling toward the door, turning the knob clockwise and stepping through quietly.

Only a day before, Arizona coach Lute Olson was saying, "The big thing is that ...