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| 683 | ARIZONA | 124.5 | 125.5 | | 684 | UTAH | -2 | -2 |
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| All Games | 25-3 | -7.6 | 17-11 | 13-15 | 75.8 | 36.1 | 49.1% | 36.8 | 58.6 | 26.6 | 39.6% | 28.1 | | Road Games | 10-3 | -10.6 | 7-6 | 7-6 | 74.0 | 35.3 | 48.0% | 33.9 | 62.6 | 28.5 | 42.6% | 30.3 | | Last 5 Games | 5-0 | +2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 79.6 | 42.8 | 49.1% | 41.8 | 55.8 | 23.4 | 37.0% | 27.0 | | Conference Games | 13-2 | -3.1 | 11-4 | 6-9 | 75.4 | 36.9 | 48.4% | 36.9 | 57.1 | 25.9 | 39.8% | 26.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 75.8 | 36.1 | 27-54 | 49.1% | 5-14 | 35.7% | 18-25 | 69.5% | 37 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | | vs opponents surrendering | 65.6 | 30.5 | 23-55 | 42.1% | 6-18 | 33.9% | 13-19 | 69.1% | 34 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 74.0 | 35.3 | 26-54 | 48.0% | 4-12 | 34.2% | 18-26 | 71.9% | 34 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 58.6 | 26.6 | 20-51 | 39.6% | 5-16 | 32.4% | 13-19 | 67.6% | 28 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | | vs opponents averaging | 68.2 | 32 | 24-55 | 44.1% | 6-18 | 35.0% | 14-20 | 69.0% | 35 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 4 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 62.6 | 28.5 | 22-51 | 42.6% | 5-14 | 34.2% | 14-22 | 66.8% | 30 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
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| All Games | 22-5 | +5 | 19-7 | 12-13 | 73.0 | 35.0 | 49.5% | 35.1 | 55.6 | 25.3 | 37.6% | 29.9 | | Home Games | 16-0 | +6 | 11-4 | 10-4 | 81.3 | 40.4 | 53.3% | 36.3 | 55.2 | 25.3 | 37.6% | 28.9 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1 | +1 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 67.8 | 31.4 | 47.2% | 32.4 | 53.4 | 23.2 | 38.2% | 31.2 | | Conference Games | 12-3 | +3.8 | 11-4 | 6-9 | 70.5 | 33.7 | 48.6% | 32.8 | 54.5 | 23.5 | 38.5% | 30.7 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 73.0 | 35.0 | 25-51 | 49.5% | 8-19 | 40.4% | 15-22 | 69.2% | 35 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | | vs opponents surrendering | 66.9 | 31.3 | 24-56 | 42.4% | 6-18 | 34.4% | 13-19 | 69.0% | 34 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 81.3 | 40.4 | 28-53 | 53.3% | 8-18 | 45.6% | 17-25 | 68.9% | 36 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 55.6 | 25.3 | 20-53 | 37.6% | 5-15 | 31.1% | 11-17 | 65.3% | 30 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 3 | | vs opponents averaging | 68.9 | 32 | 24-55 | 43.8% | 6-18 | 35.1% | 14-21 | 68.8% | 35 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 55.2 | 25.3 | 20-54 | 37.6% | 5-16 | 33.1% | 10-15 | 64.4% | 29 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
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| 1/11/2015 | @ OREGON ST | 56-58 | L | -10 | L | 123.5 | U | 17-45 | 37.8% | 26 | 5 | 20-39 | 51.3% | 32 | 10 | | 1/15/2015 | COLORADO | 68-54 | W | -16.5 | L | 125 | U | 23-55 | 41.8% | 41 | 8 | 21-49 | 42.9% | 26 | 10 | | 1/17/2015 | UTAH | 69-51 | W | -5.5 | W | 126 | U | 26-53 | 49.1% | 40 | 10 | 16-41 | 39.0% | 19 | 13 | | 1/22/2015 | @ STANFORD | 89-82 | W | -3.5 | W | 130 | O | 30-54 | 55.6% | 25 | 10 | 25-50 | 50.0% | 29 | 14 | | 1/24/2015 | @ CALIFORNIA | 73-50 | W | -12.5 | W | 128.5 | U | 24-49 | 49.0% | 31 | 14 | 23-53 | 43.4% | 25 | 19 | | 1/28/2015 | OREGON | 90-56 | W | -15 | W | 146.5 | U | 35-59 | 59.3% | 34 | 10 | 19-47 | 40.4% | 20 | 16 | | 1/30/2015 | OREGON ST | 57-34 | W | -18.5 | W | 121.5 | U | 20-49 | 40.8% | 37 | 16 | 14-49 | 28.6% | 27 | 17 | | 2/7/2015 | @ ARIZONA ST | 78-81 | L | -8 | L | 132.5 | O | 32-71 | 45.1% | 37 | 12 | 26-52 | 50.0% | 34 | 14 | | 2/13/2015 | @ WASHINGTON | 86-62 | W | -11 | W | 146.5 | O | 31-59 | 52.5% | 37 | 8 | 19-54 | 35.2% | 30 | 12 | | 2/15/2015 | @ WASHINGTON ST | 86-59 | W | -16 | W | 147 | U | 36-63 | 57.1% | 44 | 11 | 22-52 | 42.3% | 23 | 14 | | 2/19/2015 | USC | 87-57 | W | -23.5 | W | 138 | O | 31-65 | 47.7% | 50 | 15 | 18-57 | 31.6% | 34 | 16 | | 2/21/2015 | UCLA | 57-47 | W | -14 | L | 141 | U | 18-53 | 34.0% | 40 | 10 | 16-42 | 38.1% | 23 | 12 | | 2/26/2015 | @ COLORADO | 82-54 | W | -9.5 | W | 131.5 | O | 27-51 | 52.9% | 38 | 11 | 20-52 | 38.5% | 25 | 12 | | 2/28/2015 | @ UTAH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/5/2015 | CALIFORNIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/7/2015 | STANFORD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1/15/2015 | @ ARIZONA ST | 76-59 | W | -5 | W | 126 | O | 22-41 | 53.7% | 32 | 12 | 22-56 | 39.3% | 28 | 13 | | 1/17/2015 | @ ARIZONA | 51-69 | L | 5.5 | L | 126 | U | 16-41 | 39.0% | 19 | 13 | 26-53 | 49.1% | 40 | 10 | | 1/21/2015 | WASHINGTON ST | 86-64 | W | -18.5 | W | 136 | O | 29-60 | 48.3% | 30 | 4 | 21-46 | 45.7% | 35 | 17 | | 1/25/2015 | WASHINGTON | 77-56 | W | -13 | W | 127.5 | O | 28-52 | 53.8% | 30 | 9 | 22-52 | 42.3% | 28 | 12 | | 1/29/2015 | @ UCLA | 59-69 | L | -5.5 | L | 132 | U | 23-47 | 48.9% | 27 | 14 | 24-52 | 46.2% | 29 | 6 | | 2/1/2015 | @ USC | 67-39 | W | -10.5 | W | 133 | U | 25-54 | 46.3% | 39 | 13 | 13-49 | 26.5% | 26 | 15 | | 2/7/2015 | @ COLORADO | 79-51 | W | -6 | W | 123.5 | O | 26-45 | 57.8% | 36 | 10 | 14-47 | 29.8% | 28 | 9 | | 2/12/2015 | STANFORD | 75-59 | W | -10.5 | W | 135 | U | 25-51 | 49.0% | 32 | 8 | 20-53 | 37.7% | 33 | 12 | | 2/15/2015 | CALIFORNIA | 76-61 | W | -17.5 | L | 127 | O | 24-54 | 44.4% | 34 | 7 | 26-57 | 45.6% | 35 | 13 | | 2/19/2015 | @ OREGON ST | 47-37 | W | -7.5 | W | 112 | U | 17-40 | 42.5% | 33 | 13 | 16-48 | 33.3% | 25 | 4 | | 2/22/2015 | @ OREGON | 58-69 | L | -4.5 | L | 133.5 | U | 19-52 | 36.5% | 31 | 14 | 24-54 | 44.4% | 35 | 11 | | 2/26/2015 | ARIZONA ST | 83-41 | W | -12.5 | W | 129 | U | 31-49 | 63.3% | 32 | 9 | 14-50 | 28.0% | 28 | 14 | | 2/28/2015 | ARIZONA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/5/2015 | @ WASHINGTON ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/7/2015 | @ WASHINGTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | ARIZONA: The Wildcats were defeated in the Elite Eight last season, falling to Wisconsin by one point. While they lost two players to the NBA (Aaron Gordon and Nick Johnson), Arizona is once again a legitimate national title contender. The biggest reason for the optimism is freshman F Stanley Johnson. The 6-foot-7 lefty is as difficult of a matchup as there is in college basketball. He has the speed and athleticism to beat opponents off the bounce, but at 245 pounds he can take smaller players on the block. He has a chance to become the leading scorer on this team from day one. Arizona last season suffered a huge injury when SF Brandon Ashley (11.5 PPG, 5.8 RPG) was lost for the year. The team was undefeated when it lost to California, 60-58. Ashley was injured two minutes into that game, and took away one of Arizona's best scoring threats in the half-court game. With PF Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG) and C Kaleb Tarczewski (9.9 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 59% FG), the Wildcats have two guys that are going to make the Wildcats one of the best rebounding teams in the country. The leader of this offense will be senior PG T.J. McConnell (8.4 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.6 RPG), who needs to improve his foul shooting (62% FT). If Arizona can improve in its half-court offense, the school could be playing in Indianapolis at the end of the season. | | UTAH: The Utes have a realistic chance of making the NCAA Tournament, in large part because of the play of PG Delon Wright (15.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 5.3 APG). At 6-foot-5, he has tremendous size for the point guard position. While he is not much of a threat from the outside (22% threes), he is an efficient scorer (56.1% FG). Not only is Wright the focal point on offense, he is an elite defender who will also guard the opponent's best player. In the frontcourt, PF Jordan Loveridge (14.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 2.3 APG) is a talented player who followed up a nice freshman season with a solid sophomore campaign. These two provide the Utes with one of the better inside-outside duos in the conference. For Utah to make the Big Dance, SG Brandon Taylor (10.6 PPG, 3.5 APG, 2.1 RPG) and swingman Dakarai Tucker (6.8 PPG, 39% threes) will have to score more to force defenses to pay attention to them. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW (ARIZONA-UTAH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Arizona-Utah Preview* ======================
By NOEY KUPCHAN STATS Writer
Arizona (25-3) at Utah (22-5), 9:00 p.m. EDT
While Arizona and Utah have been neck-and-neck all season, their first meeting was anything but evenly matched.
Shifting the series to Salt Lake City could make all the difference.
The seventh-ranked Wildcats try to clinch at least a share of the regular-season Pac-12 title Saturday night as they go for a 12th consecutive win over the 13th-ranked Utes, who are seeking their first unbeaten season at home in 10 years.
Arizona (25-3, 13-2) enters with a one-game lead over Utah (22-5, 12-3) with three remaining, but coach Sean Miller's group had a huge edge in a 69-51 rout at home Jan. 17. The Wildcats outrebounded the Utes 40-19, including 17-4 on the offensive glass, and held them to 39.0 percent shooting.
Arizona has outscored Utah by an average of 13.9 points during the winning streak, with its last defeat coming 76-51 in the regional finals of the 1998 NCAA tournament.
Another victory, however, could be hard to come by at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, where the Utes have gone 16-0 while outscoring opponents by 26.0 points per game. Utah hasn't completed a perfect home season since finishing 16-0 in 2004-05, and it set a school record by winning all 17 games there in 1999-00.
The Utes are shooting a league-best 49.5 percent to rank sixth in the country, just ahead of Arizona's mark of 49.1.
"It's a surreal feeling because it's all coming together now," guard Brandon Taylor said. "But it's not a surprise. We put the work in and we worked our tails off in the summer time. It's a good feeling to see the results we're getting from putting all that work in."
Utah is coming off Thursday's 83-41 rout of Arizona State, its Division I-leading 13th victory by 20 or more points. Leading scorer Delon Wright was one of eight players to score at least eight, finishing with 12 on 5 of 8 from the floor as the Utes shot 63.3 percent for their highest mark in league play.
Wright is averaging 14.2 points, while Taylor is Utah's only other player in double figures with 10.5 per game.
"Guys have to look in the mirror and tell themselves they're not going to score as many points if we want to win," said Wright, whose team has a 23.4-point margin of victory in Pac-12 play. "Guys have to sacrifice some points if we want to win as a team."
The Wildcats have won 11 of 12, including five straight by an average of 23.8 points. They cruised to an 82-54 victory at Colorado on Thursday while shooting a season-best 23 of 25 from the foul line.
"Our team has found its niche," reserve guard Gabe York said. "We're all playing at a very high level. Our team is jelling together really well."
York and Kaleb Tarczewski scored 14 points apiece as Arizona was able to rest most of its key pieces ahead of Saturday's showdown.
"We have not prepared for the next game at all, and rightfully so, because that's how we always do it," Miller said. "Now that this game is over we forge ahead to Saturday."
Arizona is 3-0 against Top 25 opponents, though it barely got by then-No. 15 San Diego State 61-59 on Nov. 26 and then-No. 9 Gonzaga 66-63 in overtime Dec. 6.
The Utes are 1-3 in such games, with the victory coming 69-68 in OT over then-No. 8 Wichita State at home Dec. 3.
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