FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—The postseason officially begins Friday when the NCAA Tournament kicks off at 16 regional sites across the country (but mostly in the southeast). For Arizona, though, it really began a few weeks ago.
The Wildcats (33-24) head into their tourney opener against TCU (37-22) having won seven of their last nine games, with every matchup coming against a team that either made the NCAA field or was on the bubble. That includes ASU, USC and UC-Irvine, all teams that national college baseball experts have said were more deserving of that spot than the UA, which at 12-18 in the Pac-12 had the worst conference record of an at-large choice since 2009.