Hats off to the Arizona Wildcats basketball team

Arizona Wildcats Basketball

It's time for an "Atta Boy" to the Arizona Wildcats basketball team.


-- A Pac-12 Championship

-- 14 wins in a row

-- 20 wins in last 21 games

-- An outstanding 34-3 record

That would be plenty for a lot of college teams. Maybe, even a decade of work for some college teams. As for the Arizona Wildcats, the mission is not complete. Facing a familiar foe in the Elite Eight on Saturday -- a victory there, at Staples Center, on Saturday afternoon, against the Wisconsin Badgers, now that is a Must Win.

The Wildcats seek revenge from 2014 and the overtime loss in the Elite Eight to the same Wisconsin Badgers. They've waited a year for their chance to redeem themselves and reach the Final Four -- anything less is just not acceptable.

The second-seeded Wildcats MUST score, rebound and steal their way to a victory over the top-seeded Badgers. There will be no time for scoring lulls, no time for "bricks" banging off the rim, no time for loose balls going to their opponent and no time for a 50 percent day at the free throw line.

This Saturday belongs to the Wildcats, not the Badgers.

The 38th game of year is not the time to go backward in time. This is the time for the Wildcats to put it all together -- run, shoot, and dominate at both ends. This is our time!

Go, Wildcats!