The UA tagged the Beavers with two losses in a bang-bang series.
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The Arizona Wildcats won a baseball series at Oregon State over the weekend. For the second straight week the Cats dropped the opener but rallied to win the final two games.

Taking two of three from a ranked opponent on the road sure looks great on a postseason resume. Yes, the season is long but this the exact time a team wants to be winning games if it hopes to host a regional.

And it’s the exact time Arizona has failed in recent years.

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After a loss like this you don’t know where to begin, so you just begin.

It’s not so much that the Arizona Wildcats lost to Arizona State…

Actually, that’s not true. It is that the Cats lost to ASU.

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Solomon Hill will try to hold on to Rule #1.Photo by Pat Shannahan/The Arizona Republic

March is upon us.

You have two choices. If you aren’t planning on paying attention to the games tonight and on Saturday and you just want to watch the Arizona Wildcats and be surprised when the Pac-12 tournament bracket comes out, take a peek at the TV schedule below and close the browser.

But if you want to understand who is fighting for what and how each result affects the various tiebreaker scenarios no matter how complex it gets…

You, my friend, have come to the right place.

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Can the football rivalry gap end up like the basketball gap?
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The Arizona Wildcats beat Arizona State handily on Saturday giving Sean Miller his fourth win in five games against the Sun Devils.

Add in the UA football team winning three of the last four Territorial Cup games and Cat fans are swimming in bragging rights.

When was the last time the head-to-head in-state rivalry was this lopsided in the two highest profile sports?

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The defending champions are ready.
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Forget the early season RPIs. Don’t worry about the conference rankings.

The Pac-12 is going to award a men’s basketball championship for the first time this spring and the battles start now.

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