Arizona is a lock for the NCAA Tournament but has no path to a No. 1 seed; so what's at stake for the Wildcats in the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas?
Bruce Pascoe LAS VEGAS — In the Pac-12 Tournament this week, UCLA is fighting for a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed. USC needs one win to make absolutely sure it is in the 68-team field. Oregon and several other teams are trying to either rack up a couple of big wins to squeak out an at-large bid or win out to capture the automatic bid.
People are also reading… Told of this theory earlier this week, UA coach Tommy Lloyd responded with a hint of sarcasm. In addition, a cluster of highly rated teams could clog up the next-closest first-weekend sites: Denver and Des Moines, Iowa. Especially if Kansas State does well in the Big 12 Tournament and passes Arizona on the overall seed line, that means four teams among K-State, Kansas, Baylor, Texas or Marquette could lead the four pods between Denver and Des Moines.
Of course, to Lloyd this week is about many other things. He mixed in a little unusual tenseness to his post-practice interview with Tucson media on Tuesday and made it clear he was looking for the Wildcats to play better after having lost three of their previous six games. “We just didn't play well overall,” Lloyd said of those two losses. “I think our opponents probably had something to do with it. We’ve got to make a few adjustments here and there to counteract some of the things they're trying to do to us.
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