The Battle4Atlantis wasn’t just three games in three days for the Arizona Wildcats. It was the end of a stretch of six games in 11 days for a team that played its first four games with nine players. There were positives and negatives, but the team showed growth over the course of the trip and that’s the most important thing for such a young group.
The Wildcats went 2-1 on the trip with wins over Memphis and South Dakota and a loss to Ole Miss. It’s unfortunate that Ole Miss and Arizona ended up on the same side of the bracket, as they were probably the two best teams in the field but could not meet in the final.