In the lead up to Arizona’s decision to join the Big 12 Conference in 2024, and since the move became official, there has been quite a bit of concern from the UA fan base about what kind of impact this is going to have on certain programs and the athletic department as a whole.
There’s also been plenty of sadness over the end of longstanding traditions and rivalries against various Pac-12 foes, whom Arizona may rarely ever face again.
The exception to all that may be UA men’s basketball, which will now find itself in arguably the best conference in the country when its Big 12 tenure begins a year from now.