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After dismantling No. 9 Arizona Wildcats by 15 points at the Kohl Center Friday night, Wisconsin has entered the latest AP Top 25 Poll at No. 19. After losing Chucky Hepburn and AJ Storr to the transfer portal this offseason,

Wisconsin came back with a 21-9 spurt that allowed it to re-extend its lead to double-digits. Three-pointers were the key during this stretch as John Tonje hit two from beyond the arc and Xavier Amos and Kamari McGee drained the others.

Arizona’s starting frontcourt usually isn’t huge, but there are two ready and willing 7-footers coming off the bench. That size should disrupt Wisconsin as well, and the Wildcats rank 339th in percentage of shots allowed at the rim (31.7% per Hoop-Math).

Arizona is going to be contending for a Big 12 title in their first year as a member of the conference. That's the type of program Tommy Lloyd has built in his short time in charge, having already taken the Pac-12 by storm with two regular season titles and two conference tournament titles during his first three years on the job before they moved conferences ahead of this campaign.