- First-place votes: 1 (one second place vote and one fourth-place vote)
- Record: 26-5
- Coach: Fred A. Enke
- Notable player: Leon Blevins (led team with 14.9 ppg)
- High point: Perhaps cosmic NCAA basketball karma came into play some 40-plus years later, but Arizona slammed Santa Clara 80-64 and 63-45 in back-to-back games to start this streak.
- How the season ended: Hardin-Simmons won at home, 57-53.
READERS' NO. 12: 1949-50 • NIT • Cats lose in first round to LaSalle
Arizona coach Fred A. Enke, center right, poses at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 28, 1950, with CCNY coach Nat Holman and unidentified players from both teams.