Isaiah Thomas and the Huskies are not expected to be gracious hosts.
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Who’s up for a little battle for first place?

Arizona/Washington is a showdown of the Pac-10’s only two ranked teams (thank you, Coaches Poll!) but there’s a lot more on the menu.

No random games on random days this week. Just the Pac-10 Thursday/Saturday basketball schedule at its finest.

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Not even Derrick Williams’ teammates can stop him.
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The Arizona Wildcats basketball team beat Arizona State at the McKale Center in Tucson.

That’s more like it.

The Sun Devils made a run (or at least a brisk jog) in the second half but at the end of the day the Cats led for the final 30 ½ minutes of game time to give Sean Miller his second win against our neighbors to the north.

Only 41 more to go.

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It's clear ASU has trouble scoring.
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First, keeping things in perspective, McKale Center will be hosting an event far more important than basketball.

Now for the athletic distractions in the Pac-10 this week.

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I went to a college basketball game on Sunday.

I enjoy basketball games. I don’t get to nearly as many Arizona games as I would like. It was just a coincidence I had tickets to this one.

But I’m very glad I did.

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Crazy.
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Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck has decided he doesn’t want to be the #1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft.

Could you imagine if this happened in basketball? It’s been a full decade since an NBA team has drafted even a college junior #1 overall.

The wild part is this is now the third time it’s happened in football in the last seven years, and all three guys were Pac-10 quarterbacks. And it didn’t work out well for the first two.

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