No. 5 Arizona is set to host Oregon, which has dominated the series in recent seasons; Wildcats-Ducks just might be the best West Coast rivalry after UCLA leaves for the Big Ten.
Bruce Pascoe Fifty years of McKale Center history are in the books now, and arguably the biggest overall Arizona rival to enter the place, UCLA, is on the way out.
Since Altman’s second season at Oregon in 2011-12, the Wildcats have been just 7-14 against the Ducks – and only 4-5 against Oregon at McKale. Against UCLA over that time period, Arizona is 12-13. “And if you can’t give extraordinary effort for our basketball program, on this team, for this university, we’ll put four guys out there.”
Fans waved “100 Grand” candy bar signs at Ayton and booed him whenever he had the ball. A furious Ayton responded with 28 points and 18 rebounds, playing an exhausting 44 of 45 possible minutes, but the Ducks rode 14-of-33 3-point shooting to a 98-93 win in overtime. But then this, on Jan. 14 in Eugene: Oregon 87, Arizona 68 — the biggest loss margin for the Wildcats since Tommy Lloyd took over for Miller last season.Maybe it helps the Wildcats that they have a fresh memory of that game, the way their Jan. 7 loss to Washington State fueled a win at WSU on Jan. 26.
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