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The first game Arizona played ended in a 40–32 victory over the Morenci YMCA. Orin Albert Cates coached the team and drew opponents from local YMCAs.

University of Arizona fielded its first men's basketball team in 1904–05. Arizona has intense rivalries with the in-state Arizona State Sun Devils, and the out-of-state UCLA Bruins and Kansas Jayhawks. Arizona has spent 227 weeks in the top 10 which is 7th all-time. No team has gone undefeated since the formation of the Pac-10. Arizona also holds the distinction of recording 5 out of the 7 17–1 Pac-10 seasons (one-loss seasons). In addition, the team has won 12 Pac-10 regular season titles and 4 Pac-10 tournament titles. In Pac-10 play, former head coach Lute Olson currently holds the record for most wins as a Pac-10 coach at 327. In 1997, Arizona defeated the University of Kentucky, the defending national champions, to win the NCAA National Championship. The Wildcats have reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament on four occasions ( 1988, 1994, 1997, and 2001). Despite a 1999 appearance later vacated by the NCAA, the media still cites Arizona's streak, and simply note the change.

One writer referred to UA as " Point Guard U" because the school has produced spectacular guards like Steve Kerr, Damon Stoudamire, Khalid Reeves, Jason Terry, and others.įrom 1985 to 2009, the Arizona basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament for 25 consecutive years, two years shy of North Carolina's record of 27. The program came to national prominence under the tutelage of former head coach Lute Olson, who since 1983 has established the program as among America's elite in college basketball. They are currently coached by Sean Miller.Īrizona has a long and rich basketball history. The team competes in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) of NCAA Division I. The Arizona Wildcats basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, United States.