LAS VEGAS—The Arizona Wildcats ran away from the field to win the Pac-12 regular-season title, but now the pursuit starts over with the Pac-12 Tournament. First up on its path to a conference tourney crown is the Stanford Cardinal on Thursday afternoon at T-Mobile Arena.
Ninth-seeded Stanford (16-15) advanced to the quarterfinals with a 71-70 win over No. 8 ASU in the first round, rallying from down 14 with just over three minutes left and winning on James Keefe’s basket as time expired.
Arizona swept two games from the Cardinal during the regular season, winning 85-57 in Palo Alto in January (despite losing Azuolas Tubelis to a high ankle sprain early on) and 81-69 in Tucson last Thursday.