The Arizona Wildcats finished their non-conference schedule with a 9-4 record, which was neither the best- nor worst-case scenario for this revamped team.
The highlights: Arizona beat Iowa State in Maui, then won a hard-fought road game against UConn.
The lowlights: Arizona was blown out by Gonzaga and Auburn in the Maui Invitational, lost on the road to Alabama, then dropped a rare home game to Baylor in rather embarrassing fashion.
Now the Wildcats enter conference play, taking on a Pac-12 that ranks (by a wide margin) as the worst major-conference in college basketball, according to KenPom.