Arizona hasn’t been to a Final Four since 2001, but this offseason it added a pair of transfers with Final Four experience to help try and get the Wildcats to that promised land. And their final nonconference tune up will be against a squad that’s coming off a surprise run to the NCAA Tournament semifinals in April.
The UA will take on Florida Atlantic in the Desert Classic, a neutral-site game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 23. The game will tip off at 1 p.m. MT and be shown on Fox.
FAU went on the epitome of a Cinderella run last spring, going from a relatively unknown No.