California @ Arizona (13) - 3/01/20

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Tucson, AZ - 2:00 PM ET
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Cal gets an early 4-0 lead.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hangover game for UA? Took 3 1/2 minutes to get on the scoreboard, trailing 4-2 early.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Took 8 minutes for Arizona to get their first FG. Making a living at the FT line. Cal leading 10-9.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona looks AWFUL. Cal 16-10 thru Q1.

 

[Shades]

Arizona looks AWFUL. Cal 16-10 thru Q1.

Pregame senior day could do that to teams, but it shouldn’t hurt McDonald that much.

 

[nwhoopfan]

22-10 now. Is Arizona really gonna fall flat on their face after one of the biggest wins in program history?

 

[Shades]

Whoa... check out this score. Cal will probably choke it away later.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona is 2-16 from the floor. The kitties are gagging on a hairball.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cal was up 30-19, Arizona went on a 7-0 run to end the half. Hopefully they can carry that momentum into the 2nd half.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona up 45-44 early in Q4

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tied w/ 45 seconds left, Cal ball.

 

[nwhoopfan]

FTs for Cal at 33.7

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona up 1, Cal misses a pair of FTs, then Cats give up the O board and put back. 55-54 Cal w/ 13 seconds left.

 

[Shades]

Cal misses two much needed free throws but get the reb and score on the second one.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona w/ an absolutely horrible loss at home to the worst team in the conference. What the hell?

 

[Shades]

CAL WINS!

 

[TheFarmFan]

Arizona w/ an absolutely horrible loss at home to the worst team in the conference. What the hell?

Reverse trap game. They probably put 99% of their energy into preparing for Friday's Stanford game and didn't leave enough in the scouting or effort tank for an early Sunday game. McDonald was hobbling around post-game on Friday, and she probably left it all out on the court then to get the W.

 

[Plebe]

Wow. Pretty shocking.

Arizona almost certainly would've been in the committee's top 10 after beating Stanford, as I believe they would devalue their loss to Utah due to McDonald's absence.

But there's no devaluing this. A bad loss to the last place team in the Pac-12, RPI #125.

I'm gonna have to take a closer look at the resumes after today to see where this leaves Arizona.

 

[triaddukefan]

Who had a worse Sunday... Arizona, FSU, or Kentucky

 

[nwhoopfan]

Who had a worse Sunday... Arizona, FSU, or Kentucky

Arizona, hands down. Last place team, at home, inexcusable.

 

[Plebe]

Who had a worse Sunday... Arizona, FSU, or Kentucky

Tough question.

I'll say:
1. Arizona (likely #3 seed losing at home to last-place Cal immediately after beating Stanford)
2. FSU (bad loss, also at home, but FSU is only a 5 or 6 seed and ND is frankly better than Cal)
3. Kentucky (at least they have the excuse that it was on the road on Vandy's senior day; Kentucky's been overrated all season anyway)

 

[Floridaduck]

Stunner

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I'm stunned, but didn't go and wasn 't totally surprised. Trap game, Senior Day and the injuries. I am extremely disappointed, didn't "expect it" but as I say I can't say it is as shocking as it would have been on another day.

This really dents Arizona's hope for hosting.

 

[azfan]

I'm stunned, but didn't go and wasn 't totally surprised. Trap game, Senior Day and the injuries. I am extremely disappointed, didn't "expect it" but as I say I can't say it is as shocking as it would have been on another day.

This really dents Arizona's hope for hosting.

I'm even disappointed as an ASU fan. I certainly hope this doesn't eliminate the Wildcats chance to host.

It does set up a very important rematch with ASU in the quarterfinals of the Pac tournament. Tough to beat a team three times in a season and if ASU does win that game I wonder if that does endanger Arizona's opportunity to host.