As we've been suggesting for some time now, Arizona wasn't going to the Final Four, losing to Kansas in Anaheim. Our experience with Arizona is this: a) they don't deal well with high expectations, and Lute Olson has never enjoyed that, and b) for whatever reason, whenever Arizona has a lot of talent, the team struggles. And you could probably add to that that the environment in Tucson is about as stifling as any big-time program outside of Lexington. Great season for the Cats, but not as great as they thought it would be - and we told you that in December.
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