Are the Wildcats the real favorite to defend their Pac-12 title?
Bruce Pascoe For Arizona, the New Year's weekend resumption of Pac-12 play might look a little like it did last season.
“I’ve never been through a year like we had,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said before the season. “If you add in COVID to all the injuries, it was unusual.”While UCLA has one more loss than Arizona entering its trip to Washington State and Washington this weekend, both came to ranked teams at a neutral-site event in Las Vegas last month that appears to have at least given the Bruins some lasting motivation.
“Exponential improvements,” Cronin said Thursday, during media availability in Los Angeles. “We’ve improved immensely defensively.” Also Friday, USC will visit Washington while the UA-ASU game will be the first of four league contest scheduled Saturday, when Oregon State will play at Oregon, Colorado will head to Cal and Utah to Stanford.
Turkish club acquires RisticWhile playing a standout role for struggling Fuenlabrada in the top-tier Spanish ACB league, former Wildcat center Dusan Ristic was acquired by perenntial Turkish power Galatasaray of Istanbult.
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