It’s not every night that the sport of college basketball is treated to a nonconference top-5 match played at a campus site. No. 4 Arizona’s 71-67 win over No. 3 UConn in Storrs, Conn. on Wednesda lived up to the anticipation.
The Wildcats went into Gampel Pavilion and stunned the home crowd, while proving to the rest of the country that Arizona should be considered one of the elite teams in the sport.
Pundits and fans took note of what Tommy Lloyd’s team accomplished. Here’s what some of the college basketball world had to say about Arizona’s win.
Avid followers of Arizona were just as impressed with the outcome, if less surprised.
As the rest of the country was processing the Wildcats’ third top-15 win of the season, the Arizona men’s basketball and Athletics accounts were toasting Jaden Bradley, who passed 1,000 career points on Wednesday.
All in all, one common theme prevailed. Arizona should be the top-ranked team in the country in next week’s AP Top 25.