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WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY RATING?:
PP: Productivity Points (Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, FGs made, FTs made added together and then subtracted by missed FGs, missed FTs, personal fouls and turnovers)
MIN: Minutes played overall
PR: Productivity rating per minute played (Productivity points divided by minutes played)
ARIZONA 67, OREGON 65
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
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Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
*Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,31,34,.912
*Nick Johnson,SG,24,39,.615
*Kaleb Tarczewski,C,19,36,.528
Elliott Pitts,SG,5,12,.417
Gabe York,SG,9,24,.375
*T.J. McConnell,PG,3,28,.107
*Aaron Gordon,SF,0,27,.000
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
None,,,,
TOTAL TEAM,,91,200,.455
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Arizona coach Sean Miller made the comment after last night’s 67-65 victory over Oregon that he’s glad the Wildcats won because now they have eight Pac-12 games remaining instead of nine in the regular season.
It is a bit early but the magic number for the Wildcats (9-1 in the Pac-12) to clinch the regular-season title over second-place UCLA (6-3) stands at 7.
Arizona beat the Bruins in their only game scheduled game this season. Therefore, with the head-to-head advantage, the Wildcats must lose three times in their remaining eight games while the Bruins must win their remaining nine games without a loss.
The same goes for Cal, which slipped to 6-4 with its loss at home to Stanford on Wednesday. The Golden Bears would win the tie-breaker if Arizona lost three times and they ran the table. Cal visits Arizona on Feb. 26.
The three other 6-4 teams — ASU, Colorado and Stanford — have all lost to Arizona but have another game scheduled against the Wildcats. They must hope Arizona loses three times (including to them) while they win the rest of their games to create a tie-breaker scenario.
That’s highly unlikely because ASU, Colorado and Stanford each play each other in the last eight games of the season.
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TOP FIVE ARIZONA REBOUNDING TEAMS
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Margin,Team,Avg,Opp,Games
19.3,1950-51,59.5,40.2,30
9.7,1976-77,46.7,37.0,27
8.9,2013-14,38.8,29.9,23
8.3,1975-76,47.2,38.9,33
8.1,1998-99,41.7,33.6,29
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PAC-12 STANDINGS
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,CONF,,,OVRL,,
,W-L,GB,PCT,W-L,PCT,STRK
#2 Arizona,9-1,–,.900,22-1,.957,W1
UCLA,6-3,2.5,.667,17-5,.773,L1
ASU,6-4,3,.600,17-6,.739,W1
Colorado,6-4,3,.600,17-6,.739,W2
Stanford,6-4,3,.600,15-7,.682,W2
California,6-4,3,.600,15-8,.652,L1
OSU,5-5,4,.500,13-9,.591,L1
Washington,5-5,4,.500,13-10,.565,L2
Utah,4-6,5,.400,15-7,.682,W1
Oregon,3-7,6,.300,15-7,.682,L1
Wazzu,2-8,6.5,.200,9-13,.409,L1
USC,1-8,7,.111,10-12,.455,L3
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PAC-12 RPI (ESPN.com)
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RPI,Team,D1 W-L,SOS,1-50
2,Arizona,22-1,10,8-0
19,UCLA,17-5,16,4-3
26,Colorado,17-6,21,3-4
37,Stanford,15-7,28,3-5
39,Arizona St.,17-6,73,1-4
40,Oregon,15-7,39,1-4
51,California,15-8,47,3-5
77,Washington,13-10,56,3-4
92,Oregon St.,13-9,107,3-2
98,Utah,13-7,160,2-4
124,USC,9-12,55,0-7
145,Washington St.,8-13,32,0-7
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Translation: Arizona has the decided edge for the regular-season Pac-12 title. But as the Wildcats discovered last night, every game will be a challenge without injured starter Brandon Ashley. Nothing is guaranteed.
The Pac-12 has six teams in the RPI Top 50 as of this morning. Oregon actually moved up from No. 44 to No. 40 after playing the No. 2 Wildcats. The other highly-rated teams: No. 19 UCLA, No. 26 Colorado, No. 37 Stanford and No. 39 ASU. Cal is No. 51.
ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has all six going to the NCAA tournament. The seeds: Arizona (No. 1), UCLA (No. 6), Stanford (No. 9), Cal (No. 10), Colorado (No. 10) and ASU (No. 11).
ARIZONA OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY RATING
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Player,Pos,G,S,PP,MIN,PR
Nick Johnson,SG,23,23,512,732,.699
Kaleb Tarczewski,C,21,20,358,575,.623
Brandon Ashley,PF,22,22,371,609,.609
R. Hollis-Jefferson,SF,23,3,334,550,.607
Aaron Gordon,SF,23,23,412,708,.582
T.J. McConnell,PG,23,23,332,712,.466
Gabe York,SG,23,1,196,433,.453
AVG 5-9.9 MIN,,,,,,
Elliott Pitts,SG,9,0,16,53,.302
Jordin Mayes,PG,19,0,9,98,.092
AVG 1-4.9 MIN,,,,,,
Matt Korcheck,PF,10,0,26,45,.578
Jacob Hazzard,PG,8,0,11,21,.524
Chris Johnson,PF,1,0,1,2,.500
Trey Mason,SG,7,0,7,18,.389
Erik Conklin,F,7,0,6,17,.353
Drew Mellon,F,5,0,2,11,.182
Zach Peters,C,5,0,-3,17,-.176
TOTAL TEAM,,,,2504,4600,.544
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ARIZONA PAC-10/12
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:
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Name (Year),G,S,PP,MIN,PR
Derrick Williams (2011),38,38,1190,1141,1.043
Sean Elliott (1989),33,33,1128,1125,1.003
Chris Mills (1993),28,28,838,870,.963
Sean Elliott (1988),38,38,1167,1249,.934
D. Stoudamire (1995),30,30,964,1092,.883
Mike Bibby (1998),35,35,905,1124,.805
Jason Terry (1999),29,29,877,1107,.792
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ARIZONA SCHEDULE/PRODUCTIVITY RESULTS
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Date,Opponent,Results,TeamPR,Productivity Leader,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Feb. 6,Oregon,67-65 (W),.455,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,31,34,.912
Feb. 1,@California,60-58 (L),.430,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,34,35,.971
Jan. 29,@Stanford,60-57 (W),.400,Nick Johnson,SG,24,33,.727
Jan. 26,Utah,65-56 (W),.435,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,16,24,.667
Jan. 23,Colorado,69-57 (W),.525,Brandon Ashley,PF,24,31,.774
Jan. 16,ASU,91-68 (W),.675,Nick Johnson,SG,23,27,.852
Jan. 12,@USC,73-53 (W),.520,Brandon Ashley,PF,28,31,.903
Jan. 9,@UCLA,79-75 (W),.570,Gabe York,SG,16,18,.889
Jan. 4,Washington,71-62 (W),.580,Nick Johnson,SG,34,36,.944
Jan. 2,Washington St.,60-25 (W),.510,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,20,22,.909
Dec. 23,NAU,77-44 (W),.660,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,30,27,1.111
Dec. 19,Southern,69-43 (W),.535,Aaron Gordon,SF,28,29,.966
Dec. 14,@Michigan,72-70 (W),.530,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,23,26,.885
Dec. 11,N.M. State,74-48 (W),.555,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,22,23,.957
Dec. 7,UNLV,63-58 (W),.450,T.J. McConnell,PG,29,35,.829
Dec. 3,Texas Tech,79-58 (W),.570,Brandon Ashley,PF,32,28,1.143
Nov. 29,Duke,72-66 (W),.590,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,21,28,.750
Nov. 27,Drexel,66-62 (W),.505,Nick Johnson,SG,31,36,.861
Nov. 19,Rhode Island,87-59 (W),.685,Nick Johnson,SG,39,26,1.500
Nov. 18,Fairleigh Dickinson,100-50 (W),.890,Nick Johnson,SG,30,20,1.500
Nov. 14,@San Diego State,69-60 (W),.490,Nick Johnson,SG,29,31,.935
Nov. 11,Long Beach State,91-57 (W),.790,Brandon Ashley,PF,28,21,1.333
Nov. 8,Cal Poly,73-62 (W),.565,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,20,21,.952
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WILDABOUTAZCATS.net publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.
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