
Just when you think Derrick Williams and Arizona are running away with the Pac 10 title…they go and lose two straight to UCLA and USC, thus dropping them to 12-4 in league and allowing UCLA to pull even with them for first place in the Pac 10 with two games to go.
You would think after back-to-back losses to unranked teams, by a combined 30 points mind you, Arizona would drop out the top 25 like a rock, but instead they’re ranked a respectable 18th in both polls this week (how that happens without another team in the Pac 10 being ranked I’ll never know). So I think it’s safe to say Arizona will be dancing even if they lost their next three and even though UCLA isn’t ranked they’re a lock.
But this isn’t about the race for 1st…it’s the fight 3rd place that’s the most interesting, for whoever earns that spot will in all likelihood receive the Pac 10′s third and final at-large bid.
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