Arizona dropped only two spots to No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday, but, all around them, the Wildcats have reason for concern.
After losing 87-68 at Oregon on Saturday, the Wildcats are still 15-3 overall but just 4-3 in the Pac-12. That puts them in a three-way loss-column tie for fourth place where, as of now, the Wildcats would only get the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament.• Just to the north of the Wildcats, ASU has rattled off four straight wins since losing 69-60 to Arizona on Dec. 31, putting the Sun Devils also at 15-3 but alone in second place in the Pac-12 at 6-1.
The leader of the Sun Devils’ road sweep, guard Desmond Cambridge, was named the Pac-12’s Player of the Week on Monday. Cambridge scored 21 points in each game and combined to shoot 53.3% in ASU’s two wins. The Bruins are alone at the top of the Pac-12 at 7-0, meaning they and/or ASU would still hold at least a one-game lead over the Wildcats even if Arizona beats UCLA on Saturday at McKale Center.
• Finally, to the east of the Wildcats, there’s the sight of their former coach leapfrogging them into the top 10. “We feel great,” Miller said after Xavier beat 25th-ranked Marquette on Saturday. “There’s no reason for us not to acknowledge that 7-0 is something to be proud of. I don’t care who we play or where we play it — the Big East Conference is one of America’s best conferences top to bottom.”
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