At this point a year ago, Arizona was 10-3 heading into the start of Pac-12 play. This season the Wildcats are 9-3.
But while the records are basically the same, the way Chip Hale and his staff are looking at the team’s start is very different.
“We need to get better and we know that,” Hale said Tuesday night after the UA hung on to win 12-10 at Grand Canyon, its sixth straight victory.
Arizona’s first Pac-12 series begins Friday night against Cal, whom it opened on the road against in 2022. The Wildcats took two of three from the Golden Bears (8-3) in Berkeley, then swept eventual conference champ Stanford at home en route to a 9-3 start in the league.