When Tommy Lloyd was hired as Arizona’s coach in April 2021, he spoke of his love for challenging nonconference schedules like he had for many years as an assistant at Gonzaga. And in that first season in charge, he added a home-and-home series with Tennessee to an otherwise finished slate.
This preseason he and his staff have put together a gauntlet, one that began almost immediately when the Wildcats played at Duke in their second game. They also set up a home-and-home with Wisconsin and several one-off neutral-site games, including ones next month against No. 2 Purdue in Indianapolis, No.