{"id":559345,"date":"2026-01-25T06:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559345\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T06:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:07:33","slug":"analyst-calls-wildcats-best-team-in-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559345\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst calls Wildcats &#8216;best team in country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, No.1 Arizona is just <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/ncaa-basketball\/arizona-basketball-news-tommy-lloyd-no-interest-pretty-rolling-unbeaten-record\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rolling along with an undefeated record<\/a> of 19-0. Toward the end of January, the season begins to embark at a critical juncture, and seemingly nobody can stop the Wildcats.CBS Sports analyst Chris Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSSportsCBB\/status\/2015127381007085665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">openly declared<\/a> Arizona the nation&#8217;s best team on Saturday, per CBS Sports College Basketball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [Arizona] are definitely the best team in the country,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;They [Arizona] are definitely the best team in the country.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWalkerSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CWalkerSports<\/a> loves the way this Arizona team is constructed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2m6gnyUDEa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2m6gnyUDEa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS Sports College Basketball \ud83c\udfc0 (@CBSSportsCBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsCBB\/status\/2015127381007085665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Wildcats will square off against the 13-6 West Virginia Mountaineers at home. Then, on Monday, they will play No. 13 BYU before. On January 31, they will play in-state rival Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Wilcats <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/ncaa-basketball\/arizona-basketball-news-what-lloyd-learned-from-upset-scare-against-asu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">almost got upset by the Sun Devils<\/a> but pulled off an 89-82 win. Altogether, the Wildcats&#8217; success has been defined by the exploits of a highly touted freshman class. Guard Koa Peat is the leading scorer with 14.6 points per game. Plus, followed up by fellow freshman Braydon Burries, who&#8217;s at 14.2 points per game and has a leading 29 three-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Senior forward Tobe Awaka leads with 182 rebounds, averaging 9.6 per game. Senior Jaden Bradley tops the team with 86 assists. Essentially, the Wildcats have a great mix of youth and experience.<\/p>\n<p>Also, head coach Tommy Lloyd is in his fifth season and has collected more than 130 wins. In 2022, he earned AP Coach of the Year honors.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it is worth noting that Arizona last won the National Championship in 1997. That year, they went 24-9 and defeated Kentucky 84-79 in the title game. At the time, they were coached by Lute Olsen and led by Miles Simon and Michael Dickerson.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right now, No.1 Arizona is just rolling along with an undefeated record of 19-0. Toward the end of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[9763,7,217,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-559345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-arizona-basketball","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115954243762155962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}