PHOENIX — Just as the Final Four committee held a formal tip-off event Wednesday, a few more basketball planets appeared to be lining up for the Arizona Wildcats.
Five days before Gov. Doug Ducey and various other officials formally introduced 2017 Final Four events at Phoenix Convention Center, the home-state Wildcats finally received the services of their top returning scorer, when Allonzo Trier’s 19-game suspension over a positive PED test ended.
Just four days before Wednesday’s news conference was the day when the Wildcats marched into Pauley Pavilion for their biggest win of the season, a nine-point victory over a potential No.