[81alum]

I think I am hoping to play UCLA.  It would be good to see if we can correct our earlier demons and decisively defeat them.  Playing them would probably do more to help us get ready for the NCAAs than playing Arizona for the third time.  Despite Arizona's superb record, UCLA seems like the greater challenge to me--but at this point I am not hoping for the easiest path, but the path that does the most to get us ready for tough competition in the later rounds of the NCAAs.  Having won the regular season, winning the Pac 12 tourney championship is not as important to me as increasing our odds of a national championship.

There--I talked myself into having a side to cheer for in an hour.

[81alum]

I think I am hoping to play UCLA.  It would be good to see if we can correct our earlier demons and decisively defeat them.  Playing them would probably do more to help us get ready for the NCAAs than playing Arizona for the third time.  Despite Arizona's superb record, UCLA seems like the greater challenge to me--but at this point I am not hoping for the easiest path, but the path that does the most to get us ready for tough competition in the later rounds of the NCAAs.  Having won the regular season, winning the Pac 12 tourney championship is not as important to me as increasing our odds of a national championship.

There--I talked myself into having a side to cheer for in an hour.