Post-game interviews are boring. The best reactions come after the microphones, Polo shirts and repetitive questions have all exited the locker room.

Tell us what you really think, Wildcats.

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Arizona’s Derrick Williams might have won the conference’s player of the year honors, but you get the feeling he’d trade it with Isaiah Thomas, the man he edged out for the award, in exchange for a PAC-10 tournament title. Thomas stuck a game-winning, buzzer-beater to down the Wildcats 77-75 on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Washington earns the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA tourney. Arizona will find out its post-season fate on Sunday when the field of 65 is announced.

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WASHINGTON (23-10)   33   35   9   77

ARIZONA (27-7)   36   32   7   75  

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Arizona Wildcats guard Lamont Jones (12) is picked up by forward Derrick Williams (top) after a foul against the Washington Huskies during the 2011 PAC-10 basketball tournament championship game at the Staples Center. Kelvin Kuo-US PRESSWIRE

ARIZONA

PTS: Derrick Williams   24

REB: Derrick Williams   11

AST: Kevin Parrom   3

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WASHINGTON

PTS: Isaiah Thomas   28

REB: Darnell Gant   8

AST: Isaiah Thomas   7

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The (unofficial) Post-game Twitter Press Conference

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The Arizona Wildcats are honoring a self-imposed “no Twitter” pact this weekend. Good for their concentration. Bad for those who rely on their post-game Tweets.

Luckily for us, the players are the only ones in Wildcat Nation staying silent.

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FORMER AND NON-WILDCAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS

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“theres nothing you can do about a clutch player like that… gotta give it to U-DUB!! Great Game AZ… Yall boyz did that! ”

- Arizona defensive back Rob Golden (@RObGOlden)

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“I can’t even breathe this game is so intense!! #Arizona”

- Former Arizona softball star Taryne Mowatt (@tarynemowatt)

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“leggooooo ZONA!”

- Ex-Wildcat guard Nic Wise (@TheNicWise)

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“wow big basket got his @kemba15walker on”

- Arizona wide receiver Dan Buckner (@Buckner15), comparing Washington’s Isaiah Thomas’ game-winning shot to UConn’s Kemba Walker, whose buzzer-beater downed Pittsburgh days earlier

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“Overtime! We got this! Go CATS!!”

- Arizona mascot Wilbur Wildcat (@Wilbur_Wildcat)

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“We still ride AZ all day let’s take the big one.”

- Arizona defensive back Trevor Foster (@Jesus_Freak_365)

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UA TWITTER FANS AT #BEAR DOWN

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“Tell the team to #BearDown ”

- If John “Button” Salmon were alive today, this is what he would Tweet. Instead @Johnnybgoode will say it for the former Wildcat captain.

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Post-game interviews are boring. The best reactions come after the microphones, Polo shirts and repetitive questions have all exited the locker room.

Tell us what you really think, Wildcats.

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ARIZONA 78, STANFORD 69

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An injured hand didn’t stop Derrick Williams from leading all Wildcat scorers with 21 points as Arizona (19-4) staved off rival Stanford, 78-69, on Thursday night in Palo Alto. The Wildcats now take over first place in the PAC-10, with No. 20 Washington’s loss to Oregon State.

The (unofficial) Post-game Twitter Press Conference:

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Arizona Wildcats forward Derrick Williams (23) shoots past Stanford Cardinal forward/center Josh Owens (13) during the second half at Maples Pavilion. Arizona defeated Stanford 78-69. Jason O. Watson-US PRESSWIRE

“#wordaroundtown is that im the new jason terry …

#sike lol”

- Wildcat guard Kevin Parrom (7 PTS, 3 REB off the bench).

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“#wordaroundtown is that derrick williams is unstoppable”

- Kevin Parrom on teammate Derrick Williams, who led Arizona to its fourth-straight win.

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“Washington fans are real quiet right now! Let’s go ! #beardown ! Good win tonight y’all! 19-4 !”

- Forward Derrick Williams who shot 8-14 from the floor. 

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“#1 in PAC 10. No ties.. More wins than anyone in conference!”

- Center Kyryl Natyazhko is right. With the Huskies’ loss in Corvallis, Ore., the Wildcats sit atop the PAC-10 by a game with an 8-2 conference record.  

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“#wordaroundtown is that we in 1st place”

- Kevin Parrom, see the entry for Kyryl Natyazhko.

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“V I C T O R I O U S”

- With six points off the bench and first place in their back pocket, guard Brendon Lavender can not only also spell R E S P E C T, he could probably listen to it on his iPod as the Wildcats make their way to Berkeley on Saturday for a matchup with the Cal Bears.

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“Washington lost. We on top”

- Forward Jamelle Horne breaking the good news.

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“Great win for the men on the road for the now 1st place Cats! Went in locker room after & the guys were fired up. Lets go get Cal!”

- Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne sounding just as fired up as his basketball program is after the big road win.

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“Love that our basketball team is ranked again and kicking butt! #BeardownArizona !!”

- Even former UA softball stars such as Taryne Mowatt still closely follow their beloved Wildcats.

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