If you decided to form your opinion of, and expectations for, the Arizona Wildcats based solely on how they looked in their first exhibition, there are some major revisions needed.
The 2018-19 season is more likely to resemble Sunday’s performance, a hard-fought 75-64 win over NAIA school Chaminade, than what Arizona did Tuesday against Western New Mexico.
Down by as many as eight early in the second half, Arizona used its superior talent to pull away in the final 10 minutes in a game that didn’t count. Things get much realer on Wednesday when the regular season begins against Houston Baptist, the first of three straight home games before the Wildcats head to Hawaii to face a stacked field at the Maui Invitational.