Arizona only played one SEC team this season, beating last-place Missouri at the Frisco Classic in Texas in early March. It’s opponent this weekend in the Super Regionals, Ole Miss, did not face the Tigers, so there are no common opponents between the Rebels and Wildcats.
Yet thanks to the massive exposure—overexposure?—that SEC teams seem to get on ESPN, UA coach Jay Johnson feels like he knows Ole Miss almost as well as a Pac-12 opponent.
“This particular year there’s a couple teams that seemed to be on TV a lot,” Johnson said Thursday. “I’d be casually watching them while I’m looking at video of our next opponent.