Arizona's game against USC on Thursday night was postponed because of rain, further complicating the Wildcats' quest to qualify for next week's Pac-12 Tournament.
The Cats and Trojans are now scheduled to play a doubleheader Friday with starts times of 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Hi Corbett Field. Arizona presumably will stick with No. 1 starter Cam Walty, who'd then have only three days of rest if he were to start in the opener of the Pac-12 Tournament on Tuesday. The same would hold for No. 2 starter Bradon Zastrow.
When Thursday began, ArizonaΒ β 10-17 in conference playΒ β was in ninth place in the Pac-12 standings courtesy of a head-to-head tiebreaker with Cal. The top nine teams qualify for the Pac-12 Tournament.
Here are the scores from Thursday involving the five teams vying for the final three spots in the tournament:
- ASU 5, UCLA 4
- Washington 12, Cal 1
- Utah 12, Oregon 5
- Stanford 7, WSU 6 (10)
- Arizona-USC, ppd.
And here are the league records of those teams as of this writing:
7. UCLA 11-15-1
8. WSU 10-17
9. Arizona 10-17
10. Cal 10-18
11. Utah 9-18-1
Arizona coach Chip Hale on the Wildcats' recent road trip and dealing with pressure down the stretch, starting with Thursday's game against USC at Hi Corbett Field (video by Michael Lev / Arizona Daily Star)
