LAS VEGAS — In the most upside-down Arizona basketball season of the past 35 years, maybe it was fitting that the Wildcats went out first this time.
The champions of the 2017 and 2018 Pac-12 Tournaments, and the proud program that has made 32 NCAA Tournament appearances over those three and a half decades, ended their season Wednesday in the first game of the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, losing 78-65 to USC.
The Wildcats stayed closer to the Trojans this time around, but many of the same issues that prevented UA from winning more than three games since Jan.