To commemorate the end of the decade, we will be compiling an all-decade (2010-19) team for each of the major Arizona programs. Next up: men’s basketball.
The Arizona Wildcats were dawning a new era at the turn of the decade. After two years of interim coaches, the UA hired former Xavier coach Sean Miller prior to the 2009-10 season, tasking him with rebuilding a program that Lute Olson had transformed into a West Coast power.
Some (cough, Andy Katz, cough) believed it would be several years before the Wildcats returned to relevancy.