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| In fact, Arizona has hit a number of low notes lately. With Thursday's loss to USC, opponents have swept the Wildcats in a two-game conference home-stand for the first time since 1984. It's the first time in Olson's career that the Wildcats have lost to both Los Angeles schools at home in the same season.
The Wildcats have winnable games remaining at Arizona State and Cal before ending the regular season with a tough test at Stanford. They'll need to win two out of three and have a strong showing at the Pac-10 Tournament to feel anywhere close to comfortable about earning an NCAA bid. The Bruins, meanwhile, host Cal and Stanford before traveling north to face Washington State and Washington to end the season. If they can build off of Saturday's win, they'll most assuredly gain a No. 1 seed for March. But Howland doesn't want to talk about that. "All I'm thinking about is Cal on Thursday," he said. "I'm sorry I'm boring; it's just a one game at a time thing. And that's really the truth." As long as UCLA continues to maintain its intensity, there's no reason not to believe him. |
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| Online Arizona Wildcats Basketball Tickets. Lute Olson could afford to smile after No. 21 Arizona held on to beat No. 15 Mississippi State.
The 70-year-old Hall of Fame coach mostly wore a scowl in the late going thanks to several mistakes and bad decisions by the Wildcats. Channing Frye had 18 points and 16 rebounds, and Arizona beat the Bulldogs 68-64 Sunday despite being held scoreless for more than 6 minutes down the stretch. "I thought we defended reasonably well the whole game," Olson said. "Far too many turnovers. It seemed like we were in control, and all of a sudden, we made some bad decisions with the ball. "To Mississippi State's credit, they kept hanging in. We couldn't get rid of them. I guess we kept the crowd entertained." The game at Anaheim Arena was part of the 11th John Wooden Classic, honoring the former Bruins coach who won 10 NCAA championships in a 12-year span before retiring in 1975. |