The 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The team was led by sixth-year head coach

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and played home games at the McKale Center in

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as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 34–4, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win their second straight Pac-12 regular season championship title for 14th time. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the Wildcats defeated 8-seed

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; 73–51 in the quarterfinal game, 4-seed

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; 70–64 in the semifinal game, and 2-seed

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; 80–52 in the championship game. The Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament title for the fifth time since 2002. As the #2 seed in the West Region NCAA tournament, The Arizona Wildcats defeated the #15 seed Texas Southern; 93–72 in the round of 64, #10 seed

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; 73–58 in the round of 32, 6-seed Xavier; 68–60 in the Sweet 16, advancing to the Elite 8 for second straight year, losing to 1-seed

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(the rematch from the NCAA tournament's Elite 8 loss in 1-point overtime last season); 85–78.

Previous season

The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats team finished the season with an overall record of 33–5, and 15–3 in the Pac-12 to win their 13th Pac-12 regular season championship. In the Pac-12 tournament the Wildcats defeated

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and

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to advanced to the Pac-12 Championship Game, where they lost to

. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a 1–seed in the West Region, where they defeated 16-seed

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, 8-seed Gonzaga, and 4-seed

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to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to 2-seed

in overtime.

Off Season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

2014 Recruiting Class

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Personnel

Roster

*On January 6, 2015, Freshman forward

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announced he would be transferring. Three days later, it was announced Victor would be transferring to

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Depth chart

Coaching staff

Schedule

The team's non-conference schedule will include road games at

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and

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, home games against Mount St. Mary's,

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, Oakland, Gardner-Webb,

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, Gonzaga,

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and

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(Maui Invitational opening game) and three neutral-site games as part of the 2014

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Ranking movement

Player statistics

* As of March 28, 2015

Awards

; Stanley Johnson * All-Freshman Team USBWA (2015) * District IX All-District Team

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(2015) * Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year (2015) * Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2015) * Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) * First-team All-Pac-12 ( 2015) * 2014 Maui Invitational MVP, All-Tournament Team * 2x Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 1, 2014, January 19, 2015) * NCAA National Player of the Week (January 19, 2015) * Wayman Tisdale National Freshmen of the Week (January 18, 2015) * Wayman Tisdale National Freshmen of the Year Award Finalist * Julius Irving Small Forward of the Year Award Finalist * Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year (2015) * Third-team USA Today All-American ;

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* NCAA Tournament West Regional All-Tournament Team (2015) * Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) * 2014 Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team * Pac-12 Player of the Week (February 16, 2015) * Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2015) * First-team All-Pac-12 ( 2015) ; T. J. McConnell * NCAA Tournament West Region All-Tournament Team (2015) * Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) * District IX All-District Team

(2015) * NCAA National Player of the Week (March 9, 2015) * First-team All-Pac-12 ( 2015) * Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2015) * Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Finalist ;

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* Pac-12 Tournament MVP (2015) * All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2015)

References

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