For several years now, it’s been plainly obvious that the Arizona Wildcats are not as efficient on offense when presented with a competent zone defense.
There are a few reasons for this. One of the main ones would be that Arizona simply doesn’t go up against a competent zone defense in practice, because that is not Sean Miller’s defensive philosophy. It’s so far off his radar that when the Wildcats have gone into it on occasion over the past couple years, there’s a palpable buzz in the arena of people wondering if the world is about to end.