SAN JOSE, CA — Arizona’s drought is over.
The No. 1 seeded Wildcats continued their March Madness run with a 79-64 comeback win over No. 2 seed Purdue in the Elite Eight, advancing to its first Final Four in 25 years.
It was a back-and-forth opening to the game with both sides trading punches, but Purdue jumped ahead thanks to a run just before halftime to take a seven-point lead, the first time the Wildcats had trailed in the NCAA Tournament.
While it sounded the alarms of the heavy Arizona presence and brought up trauma of March past, it wasn’t a position that scared these ‘Cats. This season, they were 5-0 when trailing at halftime.
Make it 6-0.
