A little more than a week after getting knocked down a few pegs by UCLA, the Arizona Wildcats have a chance for revenge.
The third-ranked Bruins (16-2, 8-1 Pac-12) come to McKale Center on Thursday night with a chance to beat No. 7 Arizona (17-2, 7-1) for the seventh time in a row, while also getting a stranglehold on first place in the conference and the No. 1 seed in next month’s Pac-12 tourney. A win for the UA would move it back into first and be up a game in the loss column.
Here’s what to watch for when the Wildcats and UCLA clash for the second time in 10 days:
Learning from the (recent) past
This is Arizona’s first repeat matchup with a Pac-12 opponent, and with it coming as recently after the first meeting there’s no need to see how the teams have changed since.