Arizona Basketball: Three things we learned from Gonzaga loss

Arizona Basketball suffered their second loss of the season against No.6 ranked Gonzaga 84-80 and plenty of things can be learned from this one, we cover the top three.

In one of the most anticipated games in college basketball games this year it did not disappoint. In the first half, it looked like Arizona Basketball was checking off all the boxes to come away with the win. Up 16-7 early on Wildcat fans got excited.

Gonzaga though showed why they are one of the best teams. They stayed poised and executed on both ends of the floor to come away with the rare non-conference road win in McKale Center. For Arizona, there were many things that they learned in this one and three of the top ones we will go over.

Anytime you are facing one of the best teams in the country, at home or on the road, 40 minutes of almost perfect basketball has to be played. That did not happen against Gonzaga. After being down the majority of the game against Baylor, it was important the Wildcats came out more focus right from the tip. That they did, but not able to sustain it.

When you unpeel the layers of this one, there are certain things this team can learn from going forward. Especially when they face the top Pac-12 schools like Oregon and Washington, they will want to use this Gonzaga game as a good learning experience.

Everyone will have their opinion on what went wrong or what they did well in, but here are our top three: shooting, effort, and consistency.