For the last couple of weeks -- maybe for the rest of the season -- Arizona coach Sean Miller will say "this is an important week" given what is at stake for the Wildcats, now that they sit in a tie with Stanford atop the Pac-12 Conference standings. And, as it has slowly has crept up in the rankings.
No. 14 Arizona (14-4, 4-1 in Pac-12) faces host California (7-11, 1-4) on Wednesday in Berkeley, Calif., in Haas Pavilion. It faces Stanford on Saturday, meaning there will be an extra day of preparation for Saturday. It's out of the norm for Arizona.