College basketball teams are permitted to compete in one multi-team event during the non-conference season. For the Arizona Wildcats this year that means a trip to the Wooden Legacy in Anaheim, California.
These early-season tournaments have not been kind to the Wildcats the last couple of years. Last season, they were overmatched at the Maui Invitational, where they went 1-2 including a pair of blowout losses.
The year prior, Arizona entered Battle 4 Atlantis as the No. 3 team in the country, but went 0-3 in the Bahamas and dropped out of the Top 25 the following week.