SAN JOSE — Life is always pretty fluid at college basketball’s highest levels, and the Arizona Wildcats are no exception.
That’s why, to them, their last Sweet 16 might seem like eons ago. Even if it’s only been two years.
In 2014-15, the Wildcats had two NBA first-rounders (Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson), a soon-to-be surprise NBA player (T.J. McConnell) along with future second-tier pros in Brandon Ashley, Gabe York and Kaleb Tarczewski.
Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Dusan Ristic, the only two current Wildcats who played that season, averaged less than 10 minutes apiece. Jackson-Cartwright was McConnell’s backup while Ristic was firmly behind Tarczewski.