The college basketball season is still young, but Arizona has emerged from the pack as arguably the best team in the nation. Tommy Lloyd and the Wildcats have rolled through a challenging non-conference slate and are currently the No. 1-ranked team in the country as a result.
That continued on Saturday night, when the Wildcats turned a two-point halftime deficit against No. 12 Alabama into a dominant 96-75 win in Birmingham. Arizona's offense exploded for 57 points in the second half, running away with things with a flurry of transition buckets and a ton of activity on the offensive glass.
Arizona's hot start to the season had come despite some inconsistent play from standout freshman Brayden Burries, a five-star recruit who came to Tucson as one half of a two-headed monster with

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