Arizona's Nic Wise goes up for two against towering Utah players Shaun Green (21), right, and Carlon Brown (15), left, in the second half. Wise had 29 points in the UA win as the UA defeated Utah 84-71 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla., Friday, March 20, 2009. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona's four best NCAA Tournament performances 

3. Nic Wise. In an upset over No. 5-seeded Utah in a 2009 first-round game, the 5-foot, 10-inch UA point guard scored 29 points to help beat the Utes. Two days later, when Arizona qualified for the Sweet 16 with a win over Cleveland State, Wise scored 21 more. 


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