Will Cal run over the rest of the Pac-12 down the stretch?
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The second half of the initial Pac-12 conference season is about to get underway.

Because of the extra teams (without extra games) you don’t play all the same teams you played in the first half of the year. As we saw in football, the schedule can play a significant role in who makes a run at the championship.

Which school has the advantage among the contenders over the final nine games? And can the Arizona Wildcats fare better against this Pac-12 co-leader than they did against the other one?

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The BasketCats got to the rim but couldn’t finish.
Photo by Chris Morrison-US PRESSWIRE

The Arizona Wildcats started the weekend with high hopes on the basketball court and on the football recruiting trail. Both programs had a shot at a big win and took things to the wire.

Close-but-no-cigar times two.

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The big shots might not all go in but you’ve got to keep shooting.
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The one good thing about a conference without an elite team is it makes the race more interesting. If you just look at the numbers, eight of the 12 teams can say they still have a shot at the championship.

Last week the top tier eroded so now the league basically is one big middle with a few outlying bottom teams. Will anyone create a bit of separation the final week before the midway point in the Pac-12 season?

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Will the Wildcats' season end like the Colorado game?
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The Arizona Wildcats lost another close basketball game and are barely hanging on to the top half of the Pac-12 standings.

It’s not unexpected, but that doesn’t mean it’s fun.

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UW hopes to become the face of the Pac-12. Photo by Steven Bisig-US PRESSWIRE

We are starting to see some groupings in the Pac-12 basketball standings. Teams are clumping together in three tiers and the top teams finally play each other.

A true conference leader is about to emerge.

The Arizona Wildcats find themselves stuck in the conference’s large midsection. Can they pick up a couple road wins and climb back toward the top, or will they remain a consistently inconsistent win-one-lose-one team?

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