Monday, March 16, 2009

The Arizona Wildcats 25th consecutive NCAA tournament

The University of Arizona (19-13) seems to be a controversial NCAA tournament selection.
As a 12 seed in the West Region, they will play Utah in Miami on Friday March 20,2009.
Six of Arizonas opponents are not playing in the post-season tournaments(all UofA wins).
Every team that Arizona lost to is in a post-season tournament -
Fourteen games against NCAA tournament teams winning 5 losing 9.
Six games against NIT tournament teams won 3 losing 3.
Five games against CBI tournament teams won 4 losing 1 .
Here is a look at their opponents post-season schedule .
[Arizona win/loss] opponent record post-season

[W] Florida Atlantic 6-26 - season over.
[L] UAB 22-11 - NIT vs Notre Dame
[W] Mississippi Valley State 7-25 - season over.
[W] Santa Clara 16-17 - season over.
[W] Northern Arizona 8-19 - season over.
[W] Loyola Marymount 3-28 - season over.
[L] Texas A&M 23-9 - NCAA 9th seed vs. BYU
[W] San Diego State 23-9 - NIT vs. Weber State
[W] Gonzaga 26-5 - NCAA 4th seed vs Akron
[L] UNLV 21-10 - NIT vs Kentucky
[W] Kansas 25-7 - NCAA 3rd seed vs North Dakota State
[W] Weber State 21-9 - NIT vs San Diego State
[L] California 22-10 - NCAA 7th seed vs Maryland
[L] Stanford 18-13 - CBI vs Boise State
[W] Oregon 8-23 - season over.
[W] Oregon State 13-17 - CBI vs Houston
[L] UCLA 25-8 - NCAA 6th seed vs Virginia Commonwealth
[L] USC 21-12 - NCAA 10th seed vs Boston College
[L] Arizona State 24-9 - NCAA 6th seed vs Temple
[W] Houston 21-11 - CBI vs Oregon State
[W] Washington 25-8 - NCAA 4th seed vs Mississippi State
[W] Washington State 17-15 - NIT vs St. Marys

--- Repeat 9 PAC-10 opponents ---

[W] Oregon State 13-17 - CBI vs Houston
[W] Oregon 8-23 - season over.
[W] USC 21-12 - NCAA 10th seed vs Boston College
[W] UCLA 25-8 - NCAA 6th seed vs Virginia Commonwealth
[L] Arizona State 24-9 - NCAA 6th seed vs Temple
[L] Washington State 17-15 - NIT vs St. Marys
[L] Washington 25-8 - NCAA 4th seed vs Mississippi State
[L] California 22-10 - NCAA 7th seed vs Maryland
[W] Stanford 18-13 - CBI vs Boise State

--- PAC-10 Tournament ---

[L] Arizona State 24-9 - NCAA 6th seed vs Temple

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