Twenty-five years later, The University of Arizona's National Championship run remains Absolutely Arizona.
TUCSON, Ariz. — This Thursday marks the 25th anniversary of Arizona winning the national championship in basketball.
"That particular team was struggling down the stretch and didn't play it's best basketball," Hansen remembered."You felt like this group, if they could ever get it put together, was going to do something special."Arizona disposed of South Alabama and College of Charleston, before facing top seeded Kansas. It was a Jayhawks team loaded with talent.
At the Final Four in Indianapolis, Arizona took down another one seed in the national semifinal game. The wildcats beat North Carolina by eight points. As the team was about to leave the hotel for the short ride to the RCA Dome, they had a special guest step onto the bus. The greatest player in Arizona history Sean Elliott addressed the team.
"At that moment, you just knew we're going to win. We're going to win this thing because of Coach O's calmness that he extended to the team. It was a great moment."