Arizona Basketball: 3 Reasons We’re Excited About the 2017-18 Season

The official start of the 2017-18 Arizona Basketball season is only a few months away and there is plenty to be excited about.

Life is good! From the end of the 2016-17 season untill now, many exciting things have happened within the Arizona Basketball program. Lauri Markkanen and Kadeem Allen got drafted into the NBA, Kobi Simmons signed to a two-way contact, Allonzo Trier decided to stay another year, and Rawle Alkins came back to play another season too.

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Then if that wasn’t enough, Coach Sean Miller was able to recruit an incredible incoming freshman class this year, headlined by DeAndre Ayton!

Time flies when you are having fun! The 2017-18 season starts within a few months and expectations are high.

Wildcat fans can’t wait to see happens this year and will get an early preview with the exhibition games in Spain:

There are three things to be excited about this year, in addition to the highly talented incoming freshman class, are: the return of Trier and Alkins, Lorenzo Romar as the new associate head coach, and the hunger to get Coach Miller that ring.