No. 7 Arizona vs. UCLA

UCLA Bruins guard Bryce Alford (20) makes the last-minute shot over Arizona Wildcats center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) and Arizona Wildcats guard Gabe York (1) to seal the game against the Wildcats in the second half during a game at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. UCLA won 87-84. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Cats could finish first half of Pac-12 play under .500 

Statistic of the week part II: Arizona’s losses at UCLA and USC put into play the possibility of the Wildcats finishing the first half of Pac-12 play under .500. How rare would that be? After his first season at Arizona, Lute Olson never finished the first half of the Pac-10 below .500. Lute’s worst record through nine conference games was 5-4, and that was in his final season, 2006-07. In the two years before Olson was hired, Arizona went 0-9 and 1-8 in the first half of the conference season. 


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