Arizona going 25 years without a FF is insane to me

[Cusefan0307]

I always have viewed them as our west coast sister program. Pretty similar historically.

 

[rrlbees]

i would have never guessed that.

 

[CuseTG2003]

2013 and 2016

 

[Toga]

A lifelong Syracuse fan who did graduate work at U of A, I may bear some responsibility. I did develop a love for salt potatoes and chimichangas so not a total loss.

 

[Eric15]

I always have viewed them as our west coast sister program. Pretty similar historically.

If I was an Arizona fan, I don’t think I would be able to emotionally come back from the way they lost to Illinois in the 2005 Elite 8. Arizona was up 15 points at the Under 4 timeout and lost.

 

[RyanCuse44]

If I was an Arizona fan, I don’t think I would be able to emotionally come back from the way they lost to Illinois in the 2005 Elite 8. Arizona was up 15 points at the Under 4 timeout and lost.

One of the greatest choke jobs of all time but I really liked that Illinois team back then and wish they had won the whole thing.

 

[CU44SE]

I thought the same thing watching the game when they said the last fina four was 2001. They have had a ton of great teams with both miller and Lloyd the last 15 years and could not crack the final four. Some brutal losses in that stretch.

 

[Knicks411]

Just looking at their page on basketball reference; since that final four in 2001, they lost in the elite 8 5 times and the sweet 16 another 7 times. They've been a 1 seed 3 times in that period (not including this year), a 2 seed 4 times, and a 3 seed twice.

I love looking at these pages; from 1988 to 2003 (16 seasons), their average season was 27-6. Their worst seed was a 5, one time. They were a 1 or 2 seed 5 times each; so 10 times out of 16 a 1 or 2. Hell of a run