SAN DIEGO—The Arizona Wildcats begin their first NCAA Tournament since 2018 on Friday afternoon when face Wright State in the first round. They haven’t won an NCAA game since the second round in 2017, the longest stretch without a tourney victory since going 12 years between wins from 1976-88.
That squad reached the program’s first Final Four, so if history repeats Arizona could be in line for its first trip to the national semifinals since losing to Duke in the 2001 NCAA title game.
What will it take for Arizona (31-3) to make such a deep run?