When Conrad Martinez got a chance to play for Arizona in meaningful minutes, which wasn’t often, he showed flashes of promise. But Tommy Lloyd’s rotation didn’t regularly call for Martinez to see action.
Don’t expect Martinez to spend nearly as much time on the bench at his next stop.
The former UA guard has committed to play next season at High Point, a program that is coming off its first trip to the NCAA Tournament but is also undergoing a complete overhaul.
The 6-foot Martinez appeared in 41 games for Arizona over two seasons, getting into 22 games in 2024-25 when he averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 assists in five minutes per contest. The Spanish native played six minutes in the Sweet 16 loss to Duke, coming in for Jaden Bradley late in the first half due to foul trouble and hitting a 3-pointer that tied the game at that point (and produced this iconic image):
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Martinez joins a High Point team that had 10 players going into the transfer portal after winning 29 games and falling to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also lost head coach Alan Huss, who left to be an assistant coach at Creighton, with High Point associate HC Flynn Clayman taking over.
The transfer portal officially closed for college basketball on Tuesday night, and all four UA scholarship players who entered have found new homes. Guard KJ Lewis is headed to Georgetown, center Henri Veesaar is going to North Carolina and center Emmanuel Stephen is off to UNLV.