A week ago, the scheduled opening of Arizona’s full preseason practices Sunday might have been anticipated with a celebratory buzz.
What is arguably Sean Miller’s most loaded team yet might become the No. 1 pick in the two major preseason polls, then go on win the Pac-12 title and maybe even reach its first Final Four in 17 years.
All that could still happen. But now, in the wake of a sweeping FBI investigation that led to the Sept. 26 arrest of Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson and nine other figures involved in college basketball, NCAA clouds could gather over the Wildcats’ future.