LAS VEGAS — Less than 24 hours after winning a Pac-12 Tournament game in a manner suggesting a long March run might be possible after all, the Arizona Wildcats found out it wasn’t.
For anybody.
The Pac-12 canceled the rest of its tournament at 9:17 a.m. Thursday, following the path of several other conferences. Hours later, the NCAA announced it was suspending all winter and spring sports championships because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Boom. No NCAA tournaments, men’s or women’s. No UA men’s team to try to prove itself at a first-round site somewhere. No Wildcats women’s team hosting games at McKale Center and building on the excitement they have created for over a year now.