Dillon plans to step up this season.

Byline: Bruce Pascoe

Sep. 6--Three reasons why Daniel Dillon became a defensive specialist over the first two years of his UA basketball career: strength, quickness and toughness. Here are three others reasons: Salim Stoudamire, Hassan Adams and Chris Rodgers. With those guys around in the backcourt -- and taking the bulk of the UA's perimeter shots -- there hardly was a need for Dillon to take advantage of all but the most obvious looks at the basket. He knew his best chance to get on the floor was not to score, but to stop others from doing so. "My first couple of years here, other guys could do that," Dillon said. "Pretty much, I've been a defensive player …