Perhaps understandably, it’s all doom-and-gloom around Tucson. Not a cloud in the sky, yet you’d think McKale Center was cast under a pall.
Two straight losses, including the first home defeat since 2013 – will do that to you.
Consider this a ray of sunshine. A plea, even.
Around this time last year, we made the case for T.J. McConnell to join Nick Johnson in taking home Arizona’s first back-to-back Pac-12 Player of the Year award since Mike Bobby and Jason Terry won it in 1998 and 1999, respectively. McConnell was indispensable to the Wildcats last year; similarly, you can't imagine where Arizona would be this season without Anderson.