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2014-15 Arizona Wildcats named one of 10 best teams since 2000 to not win the title

Returning T.J. McConnell, Brandon Ashley, Kaleb Tarczewski, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and adding a top-five recruit in Stanley Johnson, the Arizona Wildcats opened the 2014-15 season ranked No. 2 overall in college basketball.

They wound up finishing 34-4 that season, winning the Pac-12 and earning a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But their postseason run ended with a 85-78 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers in the Elite Eight.

It was a heartbreaking defeat for a loaded squad, and according to NCAA.