Given the trend of this Arizona Basketball team’s offseason, the first six minutes of Saturday’s Armed Forces Classic seemed like a nightmare had come true for Sean Miller’s team.
After falling into a 17-2 hole in Hawaii against Tom Izzo’s young Michigan State Spartans, led by their star freshman forward Miles Bridges, the Cats dug deep and rallied to make a game of it, spearheaded by a stellar debut from a former five-star recruit, freshman guard Kobi Simmons.
After coming back to tie and eventually take the lead, the Cats and Spartans went back and forth, exchanging leads.