The Arizona Wildcats dropped two spots in the Associated Press poll, to No. 11 overall, in the hours following Sunday's overtime loss to rival Arizona State in Tempe.
Monday's news wasn't all bad, however.Β The Wildcats' Aari McDonald has been named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, given annually to the nation's top point guard. McDonald, a senior, is averaging 19.4 points and 2.8 steals per game; both marks are tops in the Pac-12. She scored 30 points in Sunday's loss to the Sun Devils.
Arizona (15-4) will open Pac-12 Tournament play Thursday at 6 p.m. after earning a first-round bye. The game, against either 10th-seeded Utah or seventh-seeded Washington State, will air on Pac-12 Networks.
