At this point, there's really only one way to interpret this.
Bryce James doesn't appear likely to take the floor for the Arizona Wildcats anytime soon.
Arizona took on the overmatched, in-state Northern Arizona Lumberjacks on Tuesday night.
The final score was Arizona 84, NAU 49.
LeBron's son didn't see the floor.
Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd had nine different bench players take part, in addition to the five starters.
But none of those 14 was the freshman Bryce James.
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Assuming no injury, of which there has been no mention or report, this points to a Bryce James redshirt.
At Big 12 Media Days, head coach Tommy Lloyd called redshirting a "possibility."
He added this: “The reason I say that (redshirting is a possibility) is because I believe in Bryce. If you didn’t believe in somebody, why would you spend extra resources on them or extra time?”
Lloyd went on to share a few more thoughts about Bryce at Big 12 Media Days:
“My job is to respect him as a person and help him with his own journey. And that’s our plan at Arizona. We got no extras. Let’s just help this kid develop into a great young man, and I think that’s what his family wants, and what he wants, and we’re gonna help him with that.”
While college football has a rule that allows appearances in four games and still redshirt, that doesn't exist in college basketball. If Bryce gets into a single game, it counts as a year of eligibility.
Arizona seems intent on not playing Bryce.
At this point, a redshirt is certainly in play.
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