Arizona spent Thanksgiving with family and friends who accompanied the team to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. And there were a few extra items cluttering the dinner table, compliments of the Wildcats winning the tournament and Oumar Ballo being named Most Valuable Player.
The wins over Cincinnati, No. 17 San Diego State and No. 10 Creighton will surely lead to Arizona rising from No. 14 in the latest Associated Press poll, while also bringing the team a boatload of national attention.
“To play three games in three days against three really good teams with very distinct styles and to come out of it on top the way we did, it says a lot about this group,” UA coach Tommy Lloyd said afterward.