Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd took a moment after defeating Utah to acknowledge the resilience and commitment Craig Smith's ...

WATCH: Tommy Lloyd gets emotional when talking about Brady and Landon Smith, sons of former Utah Head Coach Craig Smith.

Utah basketball is locked in on its new head coach just over a week after firing Craig Smith during the season.

coach Tommy Lloyd pushed the pause button. He picked up the phone and called Craig Smith to see how he was doing. Life, in this moment, was more important than any game, the way Lloyd described it.

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UA was never really challenged by the Utes, who were playing their first game under interim head coach Josh Eilert after fourth-year head coach Craig Smith ... and UA coach Tommy Lloyd began ...