Blair knows
UA graduate manager Joseph Blair knows as well as anyone what it’s like to have the earliest of exits, in the first round.
In 1993, Blair was a freshman for the Wildcats, then No. 2 seed, taking on 15-seed Santa Clara, a team with future NBA star Steve Nash.
Improbably, Arizona lost that game, becoming only the second 2-seed to ever lose to a 15.
“It was my freshman year, so I do remember it, but not a whole lot,” Blair said. "It was first experience in the tournament. I know it sucked.”
