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Arizona baseball: Wildcats win first game with Jay Johnson as head coach

Jay Johnson called the Arizona job his dream job the day he was announced as the Wildcats' new head coach.

Well, it's also off to a dream start as Arizona took down No. 24 Rice 8-1 on Friday night in Houston.

"It's awesome, it's a special day," Johnson told me after the game. "It's one I won't forget, and I'm very happy for our players. They've done what we've asked them to do and it's good for them to get to experience some success because they've invested the time."

Even though it was an 8-1 game, and the Wildcats were up at least five runs from the fourth inning on, coach didn't want to think about it until it was completely over.