College basketball prognosticators generally consider Arizona basketball to be a top-20 team entering the 2023-24 season, but few predict the Wildcats to be at the very top of the sport.
That is except for KenPom.com.
Arizona is ranked No. 6 in KenPom’s rating of the 362 Division I programs, up five spots from the end of last season that saw the Wildcats flame out of the NCAA Tournament with an opening-round loss to No. 15 seed Princeton.
KenPom’s algorithm ranks Arizona No. 4 in offensive efficiency, No. 24 in defensive efficiency and No. 4 in tempo.