There’s no denying it: Arizona’s loss at Stanford on Saturday was damaging in many ways.
Now two games back of UCLA for first place in the Pac-12, the chances of the Wildcats (22-4, 10-4) repeating as regular-season champs have gotten very slim. It would require someone else beating the Bruins (21-4, 12-2) before the UA gets them in the regular-season finale on March 4 in Los Angeles.
The No. 2 seed for the Pac-12 Tournament isn’t a lock, either. Utah (17-9, 10-5) is only a game back of Arizona and currently holds the tiebreaker by virtue of its 81-66 win in Salt Lake City on Dec.