Arizona will face either ASU or Colorado in its first Pac-12 Tournament game on Thursday in Las Vegas, while UCLA is also lurking in the Wildcats' side of the bracket.
Here's how the full Pac-12 Tournament bracket looks:
(All times Mountain)
Wednesday, March 7
No. 8 Colorado vs No. 9 ASU, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 12 California, 3:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
No. 7 Washington vs. No. 10 Oregon State, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 11 Washington State, 9:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
Thursday, March 8
8-9 winner vs. No. 1 Arizona, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
5-12 winner vs. No. 4 UCLA, 3:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
7-10 winner vs. No. 2 USC, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
6-11 winner vs. No. 3 Utah, 9:30 p.m., FS1
Friday, March 9
8/9-1 winner vs. 5/12-4 winner, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
7/10-2 winner vs. 6/11-3 winner, 9:30 p.m., FS1
Saturday, March 10
Championship game, 8 p.m., FS1
UCLA's win over USC put the Bruins in a first-round bye but also in Arizona's bracket, so UCLA and UA could meet again in the tournament semifinals on Friday, if Arizona gets past ASU or Colorado, and UCLA beats Stanford or Cal.
Not that anybody around the UA program actually expected Allonzo Trier or Rawle Alkins to return next season, but Sean Miller's introduction of them as guys who were also leaving Saturday confirmed that he will lose his entire starting lineup next season.
At least.
That's why Miller said he tried to "soak it all up" while cutting down the nets after Saturday's game.
"I think the one thing you learn is what you have can be taken away easily and you can’t take anything for granted, especially a moment like today," Miller said. "And there's so much change from one year to the next. Of course, we're going to look totally different.
"A lot of the players you watched play tonight won't be here next year. You try to soak it all in and enjoy it and try to make it last as long as you can."
Miller said he expects to have forward Ira Lee cleared by Monday and available for the Pac-12 Tournament with a concussion that has sidelined him for the past four games.
Miller said Lee has been improving, and said he went through UA's pregame shootaround on Saturday but has not yet been cleared for contact play yet. Lee suffered the concussion in practice on Feb. 20.
Talbott Denny played another minute on the McKale Center floor he grew up watching. He appeared in three regular season games after transferring as a graduate from Lipscomb in 2016, then sitting out last season with a knee injury.
Denny's totals so far: Four minutes in UA's opener against NAU, one minute at Washington State on Jan. 31 and the final minute on Saturday.
With 27 seconds left Saturday, Denny drove and picked up a foul under the basket, hitting the second of two free throws for his first point with UA.
"Talbott is a fantastic kid, a great student and has helped us every day that he's been here," Miller said.
Miller said he thought Deandre Ayton would be a unanimous pick for Pac-12 Player of the Year (at least among 11 coaches, since Miller can't vote for him) and, when asked about Ayton as a possible national player of the year said:
"I don’t need to campaign for him. Who he is speaks for itself. He’s a tremendous player. He does it on offense. He does it on defense. He does it in big moments. He’s physically like Superman but he’s also very skilled.
"Usually you’re skilled and not Superman but if you’re a guy like him, that’s physically gifted, plus you have the skill level and the intelligence -- he’s gonna be a player that I think will go down as one of the great ones to play our game.
"That’s how I see him. He’s a once in a generation player. I doubt if I will ever coach anyone like him again. I don’t mean that we won’t try but there just aren’t many Deandres walking around.
Our full game coverage is attached, along with PDFs of the box score, updated UA stats and final UA Pac-12 stats.
