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Arizona Wildcats Productivity Report: Wing pairs big storyline to UA-Utah matchup

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Stanley Johnson must follow up his best productivity game with Arizona with another strong performance against Utah (ESPN screen shot)

Stanley Johnson must follow up his best productivity game with Arizona with another strong performance against Utah (ESPN screen shot)

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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 68, COLORADO 54
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
*Stanley Johnson,SF,40,32,1.250
Elliott Pitts,SG,14,21,.667
*Kaleb Tarczewski,C,15,25,.600
Parker Jackson-Cartwright,PG,7,14,.500
*Brandon Ashley,PF,14,30,.467
*T.J. McConnell,PG,15,33,.455
*Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,8,30,.267
Dusan Ristic,C,-4,11,-.364
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
Matt Korcheck,PF,1,2,.500
Trey Mason,SG,0,1,.000
Jacob Hazzard,PG,-1,1,-1.000
TOTAL TEAM,,109,200,.545
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PAC-12 RPI RATING
Present RPI ranking of the Pac-12.
[table=”desc”]
Rank,Team,Ovr,Pac12,SOS,Top50
No.10,Arizona,15-2,3-1,65,2-0
No.11,Utah,13-2,4-0,34,2-2
No.28,Stanford,12-4,4-1,69,1-2
No.57,Washington,12-4,1-3,126,2-1
No.63,UCLA,11-7,3-2,36,1-6
No.69,Colorado,9-7,2-2,19,0-5
No.96,Washington St.,9-7,3-1,115,0-2
No.99,Oregon,11-5,2-2,110,1-2
No.105,Oregon St.,10-5,2-2,179,1-1
No.112,California,11-7,1-4,82,1-3
No.129,USC,9-8,1-4,72,0-2
No.149,Arizona St.,8-9,0-4,70,0-4
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ARIZONA 68, COLORADO 54

The two most consistent productive players by far this season are Arizona’s wing-player standouts Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who rival any top combinations at their positions that the Wildcats have offered over the years.

Some of the better wing combinations are Chris Mills–Khalid Reeves, Miles Simon–Michael Dickerson, Gilbert Arenas–Richard Jefferson, Salim Stoudamire–Luke Walton, Stoudamire-Hassan Adams and Nick Johnson–Solomon Hill.

The best of them all, in my opinion, was Mills and Reeves because of their ability to score inside and outside and play with finesse as well as a physical nature when necessary.

Stanley Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson are not the type of scorers Reeves and Mills were, especially in Miller’s balanced system, but they have the physicality to take over a game much like Reeves and Mills.

They have combined to lead Arizona in productivity in 10 of the Wildcats’ 15 games this season, including Johnson’s season-high 1.250 rating last night in the Wildcats’ 68-54 win over Colorado at McKale Center.

Johnson produced a career-high 22 points, including making 8 of 9 free-throw attempts along with three assists (with only one turnover) and two steals in 32 minutes.

Hollis-Jefferson and Johnson will not be tested better than what they will face tomorrow at McKale Center when matched up against Utah’s Jordan Loveridge and Delon Wright.

The tale of the tape (averages per game):

Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson: 25.5 points, 13.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists.

Wright and Loveridge: 26.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists.

Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson are more paint-oriented with an attacking style, although Johnson has the ability to extend the defense with his perimeter shooting.

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HOW ARE THEY DOING?
Present RPI ranking of Arizona’s non-conference opponents. Arizona is No. 9 with a strength-of-schedule ranking of No. 85.
[table=”desc”]
Rank,Opponent,Rec,Result,Date
No.6,Gonzaga,16-1,UA/66-63 (OT),12/6/14
No.27,SDSU,12-4,UA/61-59,11/26/14
No.82,Michigan,9-7,UA/83-50,12/13/14
No.94,UTEP,11-5,UA/60-55,12/19/14
No.103,UNLV,9-7,UNLV/71-67,12/23/14
No.110,K-State,10-7,UA/72-68,11/25/14
No.136,Missouri,6-9,UA/72-53,11/24/14
No.143,Gardner-Webb,7-7,UA/91-65,12/2/14
No.165,UC-Irvine,7-8,UA/71-54,11/19/14
No.167,Mt.St.Mary’s,7-9,UA/78-55,11/14/14
No.177,Oakland,5-12,UA/101-63,12/16/14
No.257,CSUN,4-13,UA/86-68,11/16/14
No.263,Utah Valley,5-10,UA/87-56,12/9/14
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Wright and Loveridge are more fluid and perimeter oriented. Whereas the eyes of Johnson and Hollis-Jefferson are more to the rim to make things happen, Wright and Loveridge tend to set up their teammates more.

Johnson has a great respect for Wright with both having a Los Angeles background.

“I consider him a great player in college,” Johnson said last night after the game to reporters. “We’re from the same area, and I’ve played against him a couple of times. I think he does what he does really well.”

These four players — Johnson, Hollis-Jefferson, Wright and Loveridge — are at the core of their respective teams.

Which duo is the most productive tomorrow will translate to what team comes out on top.

Some of the variables involved include potential foul trouble, drawing fouls and making free throws and producing where they are best — Arizona’s duo on the boards and on defense and Utah’s duo with its scoring and ability to set up teammates for high-percentage shots.

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SEASON PRODUCTIVITY RATING
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,G,S,PP,MIN,PR
R.Hollis-Jefferson,SF,17,4,343,445,.771
Stanley Johnson,SG,17,16,366,485,.755
T.J. McConnell,PG,17,17,288,504,.571
Brandon Ashley,PF,17,17,272,499,.545
Gabe York,SG,16,13,177,361,.490
Kaleb Tarczewski,C,17,17,224,463,.484
P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,17,0,83,178,.466
Elliott Pitts,SG,17,1,76,252,.302
AVG 5-9.9 MIN,,,,
Craig Victor,PF,8,0,38,57,.667
Dusan Ristic,C,17,0,62,145,.428
AVG 1-4.9 MIN,,,,
Matt Korcheck,PF,7,0,18,20,.900
Drew Mellon,SF,3,0,1,6,.167
Trey Mason,SG,5,0,-3,7,-.429
Jacob Hazzard,PG,7,0,-6,8,-.750
TOTAL TEAM,,17,,1939,3425,.566
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ARIZONA PAC-10/12
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:
[table sort=”desc”]
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
Nick Johnson (2014),38,38,848,1254,.676
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ARIZONA SCHEDULE/PRODUCTIVITY RESULTS
[table sort=”desc”]
Date,Opponent,Results,TeamPR,Productivity Leader,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Jan. 15,Colorado,68-54 (W),.545,Stanley Johnson,SG,40,32,1.250
Jan. 11,Oregon St.,58-56 (L),.365,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,26,34,.765
Jan. 8,Oregon,80-62 (W),.590,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,26,25,1.040
Jan. 4,ASU,73-49 (W),.530,Dusan Ristic,C,14,11,1.273
Dec. 23,UNLV,71-67 (L),.446,T.J. McConnell,PG,28,39,.718
Dec. 19,UTEP,60-55 (W),.395,T.J. McConnell,PG,23,35,.657
Dec. 16,Oakland,101-64 (W),.835,Craig Victor,PF,13,10,1.300
Dec. 13,Michigan,84-50 (W),.640,Stanley Johnson,SF,31,27,1.148
Dec. 9,Utah Valley,87-56 (W),.710,Dusan Ristic,C,23,18,1.278
Dec. 6,Gonzaga,66-63 OT (W),.435,Brandon Ashley,PF,19,38,.500
Dec. 2,Gardner-Webb,91-65 (W),.745,Parker Jackson-Cartwright,PG,17,13,1.308
Nov. 26,San Diego State,61-59 (W),.525,Stanley Johnson,SG,29,37,.784
Nov. 25,Kansas State,72-68 (W),.540,Stanley Johnson,SG,21,25,.840
Nov. 24,Missouri,72-53 (W),.525,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,25,23,1.087
Nov. 19,Cal-Irvine,71-54 (W),.610,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,31,29,1.069
Nov. 16,Cal State-Northridge,86-68 (W),.605,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,26,22,1.182
Nov. 14,Mt. St. Mary’s,78-55 (W),.660,Rondae Hollis-Jefferson,SF,28,21,1.333
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He has also written articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.

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