The Arizona Wildcats will not be going to the postseason.
Arizona did not make the NCAA Tournament for the first time under Jay Johnson, who just completed his third season in Tucson.
The Wildcats came oh-so-close; they were among the “first four out” along with Illinois, Kentucky and UCF.
Arizona finished 34-22, 14-16 in the Pac-12. The latter might have been their undoing. Ray Tanner, chairman of the NCAA Selection Committee, cited Kentucky’s sub-.500 record in the SEC as the main reason those Wildcats didn’t make the tournament.
Four Pac-12 teams are in the field of 64: Stanford, Oregon State, UCLA and Washington.