Going into Pac-12 play, all eyes were focused in on the highly-anticipated matchup between Arizona and Arizona State Saturday night. With both teams being ranked for the first time since 1995, national audiences craved to learn which team would prove their claim not only for a conference title, but for a deep tournament run in March.
The battle exceeded all of its preseason hype, and after producing an early candidate for the conference’s game of the year, we learned that both teams have the necessary firepower to reach the Final Four.
Outside of Tucson, some other teams quietly established a call to change that predetermination of conference dominion.