ARIZONA (15-14) OUTLOOK

Look Ahead and Back: Trojans vs. Wildcats

Compiled by Javier Morales

Arizona 2009-10 schedule
(Full schedule and statistics available at ArizonaWildcats.com)

LAST TEN GAMES (5-5)
Jan. 28: W, Arizona 76, Stanford 68
Jan. 31: W, Arizona 76, California 72
Feb. 4: L, Washington 81, Arizona 75
Feb. 6: L, Washington State 78, Arizona 60
Feb. 11: W, Arizona 70, Oregon 57
Feb. 13: L, Oregon State 63, Arizona 55
Feb. 21: L, Arizona State 73, Arizona 69
Feb. 25: L, California 95, Arizona 71
Feb. 27: W, Arizona 71, Stanford 69
March 4: W, Arizona 78, UCLA 73

NEXT GAMES (Tucson times)

March 6, 11:30 a.m.: USC at Arizona
March 10-13, TBA (Potentially vs. UCLA, Oregon State or Stanford as the No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 seed): Pac-10 Tournament at the Staples Center, Los Angeles

RPI BRACKETOLOGY
>>Joe Lunardi Bracket: Arizona — UNLISTED (as of Feb. 26). Cal (No. 9 seed) is the only Pac-10 team listed. ASU is listed under the “First Four Out” category while Washington is in the “Next Four Out” class.

ARIZONA’S RPI AS OF MARCH 5: No. 86. SOS: 33.

RECORD VS. RPI TOP 50: 1-6 — Beat No. 22 Cal (home) 76-72. Lost to No. 12 Vanderbilt (neutral) 84-72, No. 18 Wisconsin (neutral) 65-61, No. 22 Cal (road) 95-71, No. 23 BYU (home) 99-69, No. 31 San Diego State (road) 63-46, and No. 44 UNLV (home) 74-72 (2OT).

OPPONENTS ARIZONA BEAT (WITH CURRENT RPI):
>>No. 22 Cal (20-9)
>>No. 53 Washington (20-9)
>>No. 54 Arizona State (21-9)
>>No. 79 Louisiana Tech (22-8)
>>No. 107 N.C. State (16-14)
>>No. 112 Colorado (14-15)
>>No. 146 UCLA (13-16)
>>No. 158 Oregon (14-15)
>>No. 169 Stanford (13-16)
>>No. 207 NAU (14-13)
>>No. 209 Lipscomb (17-13)
>>No. 304 Rice (8-21)

SOUTHERN CAL (16-13)
RPI: 105. SOS: 78.
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 4-3. Beat No. 16 Tennessee (home) 77-55, No. 22 Cal (home) 66-63, No. 44 UNLV (neutral) 67-56, and No. 45 St. Mary’s (neutral) 60-49. Lost to No. 22 Cal (road) 67-59, No. 26 Texas (road) 69-50, and No. 35 Georgia Tech (road) 79-53.

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MEMORABLE USC-ARIZONA GAMES AT McKALE CENTER


According to the L.A. media, Lute Olson was “expected” to become USC’s head coach in 1979 but decided to continue to build Iowa’s program instead. Four years later, he accepted Arizona’s offer. The rest is history.

Feb. 27, 1984: Arizona 55, USC 49 – The Wildcats held the Trojans scoreless for 7:40 late in the game, handing the Trojans their 13th defeat in 14 road games, and giving Lute Olson his 200th career coaching victory. Olson was offered the USC head coaching job in 1979 but decided to stay in Iowa. Can you imagine if Olson said yes to the Trojans? The whole landscape of the USC and Arizona programs, and the Pac-10, would be entirely different. The L.A. Times reported when Olson met with USC officials that Olson was “expected to replace Bob Boyd.”

Jan. 17, 1985: USC 64, Arizona 63 — The Wildcats managed to stay close despite having two starters out of the lineup: Brock Brunkhorst (knee) and Morgan Taylor (academics). The Trojans could have lost in the closing seconds when forward Wayne Carlander threw a full-court pass out of bounds with 2 seconds showing on the scoreboard. USC forward Derrick Dowell saved the Trojans, however, when he stole a pass intended for center Pete Williams as time ran out. It would be USC’s only win at McKale Center for 22 more years.


Nic Wise scored 53 points last year when UCLA and USC visited McKale Center, including a heroic performance late in the victory over the Trojans in a wild see-saw game

Jan. 10, 1991: Arizona 87, USC 85 – Most of Arizona’s games against USC in Tucson when Olson coached were of the blowout variety. The Wildcats won plenty of lopsided games against the Trojans by scores of 78-44, 92-48 and 107-68. In the middle of these routs was this closest Arizona victory over the Trojans at McKale Center. The Cats held off Harold Miner and USC to win extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 55 games. UA led 86-82 when Miner, who scored 26 points, made a three-pointer. After the UA missed two free throws and committed a turnover, the Trojans had a final chance to win. But Duane Cooper‘s driving shot missed and Sean Rooks grabbed the rebound to secure the win.

Feb. 15, 2007: USC 80, Arizona 75 – Nick Young had 26 points and eight rebounds as No. 23 USC beat Arizona for its first win in Tucson since 1985. Lodrick Stewart also scored 26 and Gabriel Pruitt had 17 for the Trojans. Chase Budinger led a balanced scoring attack for the Wildcats with 19 points. Mustafa Shakur scored 16, Ivan Radenovic had 11, and Marcus Williams scored 10 for Arizona. USC led by four with a minute left to play and Arizona had a chance to get back in it after a Trojans turnover, but Budinger and Shakur both missed jump shots and USC held on to snap a 21-game losing streak at McKale Center. Both teams shot 50 percent from the floor. USC managed the win despite being out-rebounded, 37-29.

Feb. 12, 2009: Arizona 83, USC 76 – A late intentional foul call against Nic Wise led to a one-point Arizona loss at USC earlier last season, but he made up for it in the rematch. Wise made a three-pointer with 43.8 seconds, then made two free throws with 17.3 seconds remaining as Arizona pulled away to win its sixth in a row and snap USC’s two-game winning streak in Tucson.
Wise scored 27 points, two shy of his career high. He had 13 points in the first 10:30 minutes, then turned it on again at the finish. On the go-ahead 3-pointer, Wise pump-faked then put the shot up after the defender Daniel Hackett ran by. Late in Arizona’s 65-64 loss at USC on Jan. 17, 2009, Wise was called for an intentional foul against Dwight Lewis. Lewis stepped on him and stood over him but Wise was caught in retaliation. In the rematch in Tucson, the Trojans surged ahead 53-45 with 15:07 to play after trailing by 33-15 with 9:30 left in the first half after Arizona made eight of its nine first three-point tries. The Cats responded with a 16-3 run after trailing by 8 in the second half. It went back and forth before Wise made his critical shots at the end.

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