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Arizona Wildcats Roster
Coach: Sean Miller
Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown
0 Parker Jackson G 5 170 Jr Los Angeles
1 Rawle Alkins G 6 220 Fr Brooklyn, N.Y.
2 Kobi Simmons G 6 175 Fr Atlanta
5 Kadeem Allen G 6 205 Sr Wilmington, N.C.
10 Lauri Markkanen F 7 230 Fr Jyvaskyla, Finland
14 Dusan Ristic C 7 245 Jr Novi Sad, Serbia
21 Chance Comanche C 6 215 So Beverly Hills, Calif.
25 Keanu Pinder F 6 220 Jr Perth, Australia
35 Allonzo Trier G 6 205 So Seattle
50 Tyler Trillo G 5 170 So Southbury, Conn.
51 Paulo Cruz G 6 210 So San Diego
52 Kory Jones G 6 170 Fr Herndon, Va.
55 Jake DesJardins F 6 215 Fr Henderson, Nev.
Arizona Statistics
Player G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct
Trier 15-10 476 31.7 75-158 .475 29-70 .414 80-100 .800
Markkanen 34-34 1037 30.5 171-349 .490 67-155 .432 122-148 .824
Alkins 34-33 950 27.9 130-287 .453 42-113 .372 72-99 .727
Ristic 33-31 762 23.1 146-266 .549 1-2 .500 56-75 .747
Allen 31-30 934 30.1 96-216 .444 29-71 .408 81-109 .743
Simmons 34-19 846 24.9 107-271 .395 32-95 .337 66-85 .776
Comanche 34-2 626 18.4 85-144 .590 0-0 —- 49-67 .731
Jackson-Cartwright 28-10 700 25.0 52-122 .426 27-63 .429 35-50 .700
Pinder 32-1 403 12.6 28-52 .538 1-3 .333 19-33 .576
Jones 3-0 6 2.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 —-
DesJardins 6-0 11 1.8 0-2 .000 0-0 —- 2-2 1.000
Cruz 7-0 20 2.9 0-2 .000 0-0 —- 0-0 —-
Trillo 7-0 29 4.1 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 —-
ARIZONA 34 891-1873 .476 229-576 .398 582-768 .758
Opponents 34 808-1945 .415 218-712 .306 391-567 .690
Player Off Def Tot Avg PF DQ A TO BS ST Pts Avg
Trier 4 71 75 5.0 27 0 40 27 2 6 259 17.3
Markkanen 76 165 241 7.1 68 2 32 37 17 13 531 15.6
Alkins 56 118 174 5.1 76 0 68 66 16 31 374 11.0
Ristic 57 128 185 5.6 65 0 14 35 15 9 349 10.6
Allen 11 117 128 4.1 74 1 97 60 19 48 302 9.7
Simmons 11 46 57 1.7 67 0 73 45 2 24 312 9.2
Comanche 35 86 121 3.6 78 1 13 37 14 5 219 6.4
Jackson-Cartwright 9 57 66 2.4 50 1 117 38 3 35 166 5.9
Pinder 32 67 99 3.1 66 2 11 28 21 16 76 2.4
Jones 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.0
DesJardins 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3
Cruz 0 3 3 0.4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0
Trillo 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0.0
ARIZONA 350 900 1250 36.8 577 7 469 389 110 187 2593 76.3
Opponents 319 699 1018 29.9 673 9 430 405 102 161 2225 65.4
Arizona NCAA Tournament history
1951 — lost to Kansas State 61-59.
1976 — beat Georgetown 83-76; beat UNLV 114-109, OT; lost to UCLA 82-66.
1977 — lost to Southern Illinois 81-77.
1985 — lost to Alabama 50-41.
1986 — lost to Auburn 73-63.
1987 — lost to UTEP 98-91, OT.
1988 — beat Cornell 90-50; beat Seton Hall 84-55; beat Iowa 99-79; beat North Carolina 70-52; lost to Oklahoma 86-78. Final Four.
1989 — beat Robert Morris 94-60; beat Clemson 94-68; lost to UNLV 68-67.
1990 — beat South Florida 79-67; lost to Alabama 77-55.
1991 — beat St. Francis (Pa.) 93-80; beat BYU 76-61; lost to Seton Hall 81-77.
1992 — lost to ETSU 87-80.
1993 — lost to Santa Clara 64-61.
1994 — beat Loyola (Md.) 81-55; beat Virginia 71-58; beat Louisville 82-70; beat Missouri 92-72; lost to Arkansas 91-82. Final Four.
1995 — lost to Miami (Ohio) 71-62.
1996 — beat Valparaiso 90-51; beat Iowa 87-73; lost to Kansas 83-80.
1997 — beat South Alabama 65-57; beat College of Charleston 73-69; beat Kansas 85-82; beat Providence 96-92, OT; beat North Carolina 66-58; beat Kentucky 84-79, OT. NCAA champion.
1998 — beat Nicholls State 99-60; beat Illinois State 82-49; beat Maryland 87-79; lost to Utah 76-51.
1999 — lost to Oklahoma 61-60.
2000 — beat Jackson State 71-47; lost to Wisconsin 66-59.
2001 — beat Eastern Illinois 101-76; beat Butler 73-52; beat Mississippi 66-56; beat Illinois 87-81; beat Michigan State 80-61; lost to Duke 82-72. NCAA runnerup.
2002 — beat UC Santa Barbara 86-81; beat Wyoming 68-60; lost to Oklahoma 88-67.
2003 — beat Vermont 80-51; beat Gonzaga 96-95, 2OT; beat Notre Dame 88-71; lost to Kansas 78-75.
2004 — lost to Seton Hall 80-76.
2005 — beat Utah State 66-53; beat UAB 85-63; beat Oklahoma State 79-78; lost to Illinois 90-89, OT.
2006 — beat Wisconsin 94-75; lost to Villanova 82-78.
2007 — lost to Purdue 72-63.
2008 — lost to West Virginia 75-65.
2009 — beat Utah 84-71; beat Cleveland State 71-57; lost to Louisville 103-64.
2011 — beat Memphis 77-75; beat Texas 70-69; beat Duke 93-77; lost to UConn 65-63.
2013 — beat Belmont 81-64; beat Harvard 74-51; lost to Ohio State 73-70.
2014 — beat Weber State 68-59; beat Gonzaga 84-61; beat San Diego State 70-64; lost to Wisconsin 64-63, OT.
2015 — beat Texas Southern 93-72; beat Ohio State 73-58; beat Xavier 68-60; lost to Wisconsin 85-78.
2016 — lost to Wichita State 65-55.