And Arizona played OrSt Sunday afternoon (12/5) beating them 90-65. It was a fairly scrappy ballgame, both teams fought hard and OrSt never looked vanquished, even though they were thoroughly beaten. The pace was very fast and the Beavers had way too many turnovers--but a lot were forced by the Cats' aggressiveness.
Arizona was paced by a soph, Bennedict Mathurin, who had 29 points (shot 11 for 8, with 4 treys). Excellent defender. I see him as an AA at some point in his career.
Anyway, this Wildcat team is very talented and quite deep. If they play this well through the rest of the season, they will be highly seeded, maybe a no. 1. Tommy Lloyd has rebuilt this team to win and, so far, at 7-0, they have. As brevity observed, they play a highly rated Wyoming in Tucson on Wednesday. But they also have additional serious opponents before the year is over: Illinois on 12/11, at Tennessee on 12/22 and at UCLA on 12/30 as the Pac12 season ripens. I don't expect them to go through the season undefeated, but they should be favored, much as we usually are.
Arizona will be a tough out.