The Pac-12 Tournament final Saturday could do much more than just break the tie that Oregon and Arizona were in at the end of the regular season atop the conference.
It could decide which team gets to stay in the West region with Gonzaga — and who gets shipped to another region (possibly even the Midwest in Kansas City, where Kansas could pop up in the Elite Eight on its near-home turf).
UA guard Kadeem Allen says he doesn’t pay attention to that kind of thing, junior guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright said there’s a lot on the line Saturday.
“We’re playing for everything right now,” Jackson-Cartwright said after UA beat UCLA on Friday. “We’re playing for respect. We’re playing for seeding. We’re playing for a championship. But at the same time we’re taking it one day at a time. We’ve been consistent in our process and it’s helped us win big games like this.”
