When the Arizona Wildcats dove into the scramble that was the spring of 2016, they weren’t alone.
Many of their Pac-12 rivals were in a mess, too.
Before they were collectively bailed out by the league’s talented freshmen, the Pac-12 looked like this for a brief moment back in April:
The Wildcats were trying to replace four seniors and a transfer by adding significantly to a recruiting class that included just one player (Lauri Markkanen) in the early signing period. And nobody was ever sure how serious five-star guard Terrance Ferguson could be about joining them, since he had serious eligibility issues.