The Arizona Wildcats wound up their pre-conference season against the defending champion and No. 1-ranked Florida State Seminoles last weekend. Coach Mike Candrea called it a “midterm” before the team faces the always-loaded Pac-12.
In addition to the defending champs, Arizona played a challenging non-conference schedule that included 10 games against eight ranked teams. The results against the best teams on that schedule left something to be desired as far as wins and losses. What do the deeper numbers say, though?
This is first of a three-part series looking into how Arizona’s pitching, offense and defense fared against the different levels of competition: against top 10 teams, against teams ranked No.