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Arizona Basketball Poised For Another Shot At Greatness

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Sean Miller has had Arizona basketball knocking on the door of big things during his five first years in Tucson. The Wildcats have won a pair of Pac-12 titles and lost tough games in three of the last four NCAA Tournaments in either the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight. Arizona is positioned for another big run this year and they’ll be national TV twice in three days—tonight at Washington (9 PM ET, ESPN) and Sunday at Washington State (6:30, FoxSports1).

2001 Arizona Basketball: Doing It For Lute & Bobbi

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The head coach was the legendary Lute Olson, and his wife Bobbi passed away. Lute spent three weeks away from the team on bereavement, and it took ‘Zona some time to really find its rhythm. They started 8-5 and fell to as low as 20th in the polls, before charging hard down the stretch, winning 20 of their last 23.

Pac-12 Basketball Overview

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There’s two things you can count on when it comes to Pac-12 basketball. They’ll always get short shrift in the NCAA Tournament selection process, sometimes justified, sometimes not. And they’ll always produce an exciting conference race. This year might not get the exciting championship race, but there’s a lot of fluidity and potential dark horses in the middle. Pac-12 games begin this coming Wednesday, January 2, so let’s get a handle on how the league is shaping up.

College Basketball Title Contenders You Can Believe In

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Indiana has fallen from its #1 perch atop the national rankings after Saturday’s overtime loss to Butler. In an early look at the top contenders in the Big Ten, I opined that the Hoosiers were overrated, as were the other highly regarded teams in the league, including Michigan. While I obviously stand by that view with IU, and also with Michigan, it has occurred to me that I’m running what amounts to a negative campaign, simply critiquing the teams at the top while offering no constructive alternative of my own. Today we’ll address that imbalance with a few college basketball title contenders I’m sold on.

Pac-12 Basketball: An Arizona Runaway?

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The Pac-12 hasn’t been renowned for the quality of its basketball in recent years, but it has been known for its competitive and exciting conference races. Arizona is hoping to change both of those recent trends. At #8 in the country, the Wildcats are hoping to make some national noise, and based on early national rankings, we might conclude the Sean Miller’s Wildcats will run away with the league’s regular season title.