Arizona Basketball: Five things to take away from a Wildcats season that ended early

TUCSON, AZ - NOVEMBER 29: The Arizona Wildcats stand attended before the college basketball game against the Georgia Southern Eagles at McKale Center on November 29, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ - NOVEMBER 29: The Arizona Wildcats stand attended before the college basketball game against the Georgia Southern Eagles at McKale Center on November 29, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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The Arizona Wildcats basketball season ended earlier then fans are used to, but there are five things to take away from this season.

That’s a wrap. After a first round loss to the USC Trojans in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Arizona Wildcats basketball season ended. The likelihood of an NIT or CBI invite being accepted probably won’t happen. That being the case, there are five things that can be taken away from this past season, good and bad. Time to review them all.

Heading into the start of the season, many knew this team had big shoes to fill with the talent that departed last season. Combine that with the loss of some potential four and five star recruits due to the FBI investigation, this program already had an uphill battle before the season even started. As the regular season began and then Pac-12 play got under away, it was apparent this team would need to play together as a team for 40 minutes be successful.

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Unfortunately this team wasn’t able to find a way to sustain 40 minutes of high percentage shooting as well as defense to come away with home and road wins they should of have. For as long as I think of, Wildcat fans have been spoiled with winning seasons, Pac-12 regular season and tournament champions and consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Even though that didn’t happen this season, fans were still out there supporting this team till the very end, which says a lot.

This season we learned a lot about this team and fans. There are five things that stood out this season, starting out with No.5 Expectations.

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