Eugene Edgerson on March 16, 2001. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star

 David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star

The defending national champs were in no mood to take it easy in the season opener, not with Kentucky and Duke on the schedule a week later in Hawaii. Eugene Edgerson had his only career double-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds.Β 

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