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SAN DIEGO -- Arms waving and legs churning, Arizona is racing back into the Sweet 16. The rest of the bracket should take notice of this one. If they play like this, the Wildcats are going to be awfully tough to beat. Overwhelming Gonzaga with its contest-everything defence, Arizona looked very much like the top seed in the West, blowing out the Bulldogs 84-61 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years. "That Arizona team we saw tonight was as good a team as we have faced, that I can remember," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "It was just too much for us tonight." Coming off a shaky NCAA tournament opener, Arizona (32-4) ended a wild first weekend of upsets and buzzer beaters with a display of domination. This was not the epic double-overtime game these teams played in the 2003 NCAA tournament. This was an eye-popping display of what one of the nations best teams can do when it gets rolling. The Wildcats overran Gonzaga (29-7) with their size, athleticism and quick hands to blow the eighth-seeded Bulldogs out of the bracket. Turning one of college basketballs most efficient teams on its head, Arizona scored 31 points of Gonzagas 21 turnovers -- 15 on steals -- and never gave the Zags a chance after racing out to a 21-point lead in the first half. Aaron Gordon had 18 points, six rebounds and six assists for Arizona. Fellow freshman Rondae Hollis-Jefferson also had 18 points and Nick Johnson finished with 17. Next up for Arizona is fourth-seeded San Diego State -- a team it beat in this same arena early in the season -- in the Sweet 16 just up the coast in Anaheim. "Tonight was one of our seasons best performances," Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "Obviously, you want to play well in the NCAA tournament and thats exactly what our team did tonight." Gonzaga has relied on its ability to control the game and take care of the ball during a run of 16 straight NCAA tournament appearances. Arizonas pressure ran the Zags ragged, leaving them trailing the Wildcats as they raced off to one layup after another. Przemek Karnowski scored 14 points and Kevin Pangos of Holland Landing, Ont., added 12 for Gonzaga, which hasnt reached the Sweet 16 since 2009. "We didnt do ourselves any favours," said Pangos, who kept playing after turning his ankle early in the game. "We let them feel pretty good about themselves. But they are a good team and they did speed it up a little bit." Arizona was jittery in its opener against Weber State, starting slow and allowing the Wildcats from Utah to claw their way back from a 21-point deficit in the second half to make it close. The first-game anxiety out of their system, the Wildcats played with confidence and plenty of energy against Gonzaga, sprinting up the floor after steals and defensive rebounds to set up easy shots in transition. Arizona made it look easy at times, dropping off passes for layups, flying in for alley-oops and spotting up for 3-pointers on the break. It was so good even Gordon, whose outside shot has been questioned, dropped in a 3-pointer. For good measure, he went in for what seems to become his signature move on the break, soaring up for a reverse dunk on an alley-oop from Johnson to put Arizona up 38-20. Gonzaga shot well against one of the nations best defences -- when it could get shots off. The Bulldogs struggled with Arizonas theyre-everywhere defence, playing catch-up on the break as the Wildcats snared passes and stripped dribblers for eight steals in the first half. Gonzaga had 11 turnovers that Arizona turned into 19 points for a 47-34 halftime lead that would have been more if the Bulldogs didnt make a late run. Arizona had one turnover and 13 assists on its 17 field goals -- 34 attempts -- with Gordon and Hollis-Jefferson combining to hit 8 of 9 shots while scoring 12 points each. "What we did today was push the tempo," Gordon said. "We noticed they werent getting back as well as they should and we just kept that going throughout the game." The second half started like this: two possessions by Gonzaga, two turnovers. Arizona kept the show going from there. Johnson had the defensive highlight of the half, tracking down David Stockton to block what appeared to be a breakaway layup and the ball went off a Gonzaga player, to boot. The offensive reel was highlighted by Gordon, who soared in for a rebound slam over two Gonzaga players. No chance for the Bulldogs and, if Arizona keeps playing like this, not much of one for anyone else. 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Their most recent loss, 109-101 in Sacramento on Wednesday, was eerily similar to Saturdays defeat at the hands of the Trail Blazers.Sebastian Vettel has rued the strategy error which cost Ferrari a likely victory at the season-opening Australian GP. After overtaking both Mercedes cars off the line at Albert Park to lead the race in a one-two formation, the Scuderias afternoon spectacularly unravelled as Nico Rosberg claimed victory for Mercedes ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.While the luckless Kimi Raikkonen was forced to retire when his engine caught fire, Vettels bid for victory was scuppered by the teams decision to run him on supersoft tyres when the race restarted following a stoppage for Fernando Alonsos crash. We went for the aggressive route, maybe in hindsight we could have done something else, but Im not going to blame anyone, said Vettel after finishing third. Kimi Raikkonen had to retire his Ferrari on lap 23 of the Australian GP, after suffering a fire in his airbox Mercedes opted to run both Rosberg and Hamilton after the restart to the finish on a set of medium tyres with the German inheriting the lead when Ferrari belatedly pitted Vettel for a set of softs.I just dont think they thought that Mercedes would go all the way to the finish, observed Sky F1 pundit Damon Hill. Going to the supersofts was just a little bit too aggressive. They were pretty competitive but the supersofts just doesnt give you enough laps. Australian GP repoort Nico Rosberg claims victory in Melbourne Vettel added: The red flag didnt help us but we still had our chance.dddddddddddd We didnt expect what both of them did by going onto the hardest tyre. We tried to be aggressive but it didnt work.Team boss Maurizio Arrivabene denied Ferraris strategy threw away their chance of a season-opening victory.If you look at the race, its in front of everybody, we were showing up very good pace, we were quite comfortable and after the red flag we took a decision, he said. A decision can be right or wrong, but no [we didnt lose the race ourselves].The Italian defended Ferraris aggressive choice and, although they did not win, believes they have shown they can compete with Mercedes. At that stage of the race we have to be a bit more aggressive, we could be right or we could be wrong, Arrivabene added. Sebastian was also talking about that, but in the end we were pushing like hell and Sebastian had a chance to be able to overtake Hamilton.If you want to look at the glass not half empty, we were there - this is the news. After that you cannot be happy [Ferrari didnt win], but this is racing.Australian GP driver ratingsVettel has also taken encouragement from Ferraris pace at the 2016 curtain-raiser with the SF16-H looking a match for Mercedes W07.The team seems in good shape, we know we can up our game, and we want to put pressure on these [Mercedes] guys.This is the right car that should allow us to put a lot of pressure on these guys.Dont miss the F1 Report for all the reaction and analysis from the Australian GP. Natalie Pinkham is joined by David Brabham and former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley on Wednesday at 8:30pm on Sky Sports F1. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. 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