Arizona men’s basketball defied expectations to win the Pac-12 in Tommy Lloyd’s first season.
They’ll have to do it again this year.
The Wildcats were picked to finish runner-up behind UCLA in the Pac-12 preseason media poll, released Wednesday ahead of the conference’s men’s basketball media day.
UCLA received 26 of 32 first-place votes, with Arizona and Oregon each receiving three and Stanford getting one.
Last year Arizona was predicted to finish in a tie for fourth-place but won the league outright.
UCLA, a preseason top-10 team, is widely considered the favorite to win the Pac-12 this year behind returning guards Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jaquez Jr.