The Arizona Wildcats appeared to limp into the NCAA Tournament. They had lost three of their last four heading to San Antonio and shot under 40 percent in four of their last five games.
The two weeks between their Pac-12 Tournament loss to UCLA and their first-round rout of Stony Brook clearly did them some good. They are in the Elite Eight for the first time ever.
Aari McDonald said that time off allowed them to recharge their bodies and recalibrate their minds. And, by the looks of it, get plenty of shots up too.