After getting shocked by Princeton in the NCAA Tournament and then losing four starters, Arizona was very active in the NCAA transfer portal in an effort to re-configure its roster. That new-look Wildcats team just returned from a 3-0 international trip to Israel and Abu Dhabi, capped by a win over the Lebanon National Team that’s competing in the FIBA World Cup.
Further changes to the program’s makeup have reportedly occurred since returning to Tucson, though behind the scenes, in the form of former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt as a “professional consultant” and ex-Kansas guard Evan Manning as the UA’s director of basketball operations.