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Jon Gold Special to the Arizona Daily Star It was a year of evolution for several Arizona Wildcats programs, with incredible highs and some sad lows.1. Tommy's time: Cats surge under LloydAs debuts go, they don't get much better than Tommy Lloyd's in 20221-22.
People are also reading… Lloyd guided Pac-12 Player of the Year Bennedict Mathurin and led Arizona into the Sweet 16, where the Wildcats ran into a brutal matchup in Houston.2. Highs and Lowe: UA softball makes it to WCWSThe men's basketball team wasn't the only Arizona program replacing a well-established coach.But the Caitlin Lowe Era did not get off to the grandest of starts, as the Wildcats lost 11-0 to Alabama in five innings on Day 3 of the season, Feb. 12.
Then came a hard month, with losses to Oregon, Washington, USC and Utah, four of the top five teams in the conference. 5. Cats run it back, host NCAA TournamentArizona posted the best season in program history in 2020-21, advancing to its first-ever Final Four before losing to Stanford by one point in the national champjionship game.
7. Portal party: de Laura, Cowing transfer inArizona's big high school recruiting class paid instant dividends for the Wildcats in 2022. But it was the arrival of transfer portal entrants Jayden de Laura and Jacob Cowing that truly turned things around. 8. Tucson Rodeo returnsThe 2021 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, marking just the second time in the Tucson Rodeo's 95 years that a year was skipped.9. Bijan's gone: Salpointe's Robinson declares for NFL draftBijan Robinson starred at Salpointe Catholic High School before signing with the University of Texas. He emerged as one of the top college running backs in the country in 2022.
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