{"id":70704,"date":"2023-03-07T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=70704"},"modified":"2023-03-07T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:27:42","slug":"can-arizona-win-the-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/03\/07\/can-arizona-win-the-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Arizona Win the National Championship?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona is back in the national championship conversation again. The Wildcats already have victories over UCLA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q0Afozx4_NY&amp;ab_channel=MatthewLovesBall\">Tennessee<\/a>, Indiana, Creighton, and San Diego State under their belt to build one of the strongest resumes in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five Wildcats are scoring in double figures for second-year head coach Tommy Lloyd to lead one of the best offensive attacks in America. A deep run in March will rely heavily on Arizona maintaining its scoring prowess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last National Championship:<\/strong> 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last Final Four:<\/strong> 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023 Title Odds: <\/strong>+1200 (as of March 4, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Arizona Will Make a Run<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wildcats are No. 5 and 6 in adjusted offensive efficiency in<a href=\"https:\/\/barttorvik.com\/\"> T-Rank<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/index.php\"> KenPom<\/a>, respectively, and possess some of the best scoring talent in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TVCyvN6CfEg&amp;ab_channel=Pac-12Networks\">Azuolas Tubelis<\/a> is the main man in that regard, leading the Pac-12 in scoring with 19.7 points per game. It doesn\u2019t stop with him, though. Oumar Ballo, Courtney Ramey, Kerr Kriisa, and Pelle Larsson are also all averaging double-digit point totals each night. Arizona is second in the country in assists, a testament to their willingness to share the ball and get it done across the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arizona_UCLA_Basketball_23064306550939.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70705\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.runyourpool.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/07172304\/Arizona_UCLA_Basketball_23064306550939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog-assets.runyourpool.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/07172304\/Arizona_UCLA_Basketball_23064306550939-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.runyourpool.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/07172304\/Arizona_UCLA_Basketball_23064306550939-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AP Photo\/Ringo H.W. Chiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona is also one of the nation\u2019s best on the defensive glass. The team<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/basketball-men\/d1\/current\/team\/859\"> ranks third in Division I<\/a> in defensive rebounds per game (29.3), and Tubelis and Ballo are first and second in rebounds per outing in the Pac-12. It\u2019s tough to generate second-chance opportunities against this team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Arizona Will Exit Early<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Arizona does get a stop, it usually gets the rebound. But first, it has to get the stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wildcats are outside of the top 40 in adjusted defensive efficiency in T-Rank and KenPom. In four of the team\u2019s five losses thus far this season, it\u2019s allowed its opponent to score more than 80 points and overall allow 71.6 points per game. Arizona comes up in the middle in Division I in a lot of defensive statistics and could be in some trouble if it matches up with an offense that\u2019s potent enough to keep up with its own scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t to say Arizona is a bad defensive team, but you have to be nearly perfect to win a national championship. If there is to be something to get in the way of the Wildcats getting their second-ever national crown, it\u2019ll be defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What It\u2019ll Take to Win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Elite Eight loss to Houston in 2022, Tubelis and Kriisa combined for five points and 1-of-15 shooting from the field. Those terrible offensive performances spelled doom for the Wildcats, and they watched the Cougars celebrate a Final Four appearance at their expense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This team is not the same as last year\u2019s \u2013 there is a lot more on the shoulders of Tubelis and Kriisa, and both players have improved from a season ago. But as well as Arizona shares the ball and has plenty of offensive talent, if there\u2019s a game where Tubelis and Kriisa repeat those stat lines, this team will be very vulnerable to elimination and failing to achieve its national championship dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since Arizona has been a college basketball powerhouse, but this team has all the makings of a Final Four team. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[797,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-ncaa-mens-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Arizona Win the National Championship? 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