The Wildcats hadn't played in a game closer than three points the entire season until Saturday night.
Bruce Pascoe During the sort of daylong celebration Saturday that Arizona hasn’t experienced in years, the Wildcats were both told they were on track for a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed and reminded that it guarantees almost nothing.
Here’s a closer look at how the Wildcats pulled it out, as the final two minutes ticked off the clock:With Oregon’s Quincy Guerrier sidelined temporarily with a cramp on a night he hit 6 of 11 3-pointers, Ducks guard Will Richardson found himself enveloped by Terry on the right wing and lost the ball as he drove inside. Oregon center N’Faly Dante recovered it and took a dribble but the ball went out of bounds.
Mathurin hit the front end of the ensuing one-and-one but then missed the second to leave the game at 80-78.After Mathurin missed the second free throw and the ball flung into Dante’s hands, UA’s Pelle Larsson fouled Oregon’s big man, who missed the front end of a one-and-one. Having dished game-winning assists against Arizona in each of the previous two seasons, Richardson had a chance to send this one to overtime on the Ducks’ final possession. He also had the 7-foot Koloko switched on to him but, again, that didn’t matter.
In other words, the Wildcats didn't just get a big win Saturday. They also held a dress rehearsal for that tight game or two they might very well become mired in, on a much higher stage, sometime next month.Up next Who: No. 3 Arizona at Utah No. 3 Arizona 84, Oregon 81 OREGON
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