The Arizona Wildcats are 9-0, their best start since a 12-0 run to begin the 2014-15 season. They’re coming off a championship at the Wooden Legacy, their first holiday tournament title in five years. And at No. 12 in the Associated Press poll it’s Arizona’s highest ranking since the end of the 2017-18 season.
But it only gets tougher from here.
Arizona plays its first true road game on Saturday at Baylor, which is 6-1 and ranked 18th. That Bears squad dismantled the Wildcats in Tucson last December, particularly on the boards.
And that rematch will come without at least one member of Arizona’s rotation, as senior forward Stone Gettings is out indefinitely with a facial fracture and concussion suffered last weekend.