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Sean Miller has not lost three consecutive games at Arizona since his first season of 2009-10
— For the third time this season, Arizona has a modest two-game losing streak. The Wildcats were swept by UCLA and USC in Los Angeles. They followed a loss at Cal with one at home against Oregon at the end of January. They were swept at Colorado and Utah last week. After the previous two skids, if you can call them that, Arizona responded with a 99-67 win against Washington (following the L.A. sweep) and an 80-63 triumph over Oregon State (after losing to Cal and Oregon), both games at McKale Center. Losing two in a row did not happen under Sean Miller in the previous two seasons. Miller has lost three straight twice at Arizona, both times in his first season of 2009-10. He lost three consecutive games only once at Xavier, in his first season there in 2004-05. If Arizona loses tonight, it would be the first three-game losing streak for Miller outside of his first year as a coach at a particular school. Never has he lost more than three straight games. …
— ESPN college basketball analysts Andy Katz, Jeff Goodman and C.L. Brown were posed this question: Who is built for a longer run in March, Arizona or Cal? Their published answers this morning unanimously favored Cal, which is not a shock given the Golden Bears’ seven-game winning streak entering tonight’s game after Arizona faltered on the road against two NCAA tournament teams last week in Colorado and Utah. “The Bears are healthier, have the depth and more scoring options,” Katz reasoned. Goodman: “I’m going with Cal — which is playing well and has all the pieces. Ty Wallace is healthy, Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb are playing well.” Brown: “I’d give the nod to the Golden Bears’ talent. It took them a while to figure things out, but now the Bears are rolling.” …
— One thing to keep in mind about Cal: In the Bears’ seven-game winning streak, five of those games were at Haas Pavilion, where they finished 18-0 this season. The two victories on the road in the streak occurred at Washington and Washington State, which is the easiest road swing in the conference. The Huskies and Cougars finished a combined 7-11 at home in conference games this season. Washington was 6-3. If Cal pulls off the upset tonight, then yes, it can be claimed that Cuonzo Martin has the Golden Bears hitting on all cylinders. …
— With its win over USC this past Sunday, Cal completed February with a 7-0 record, giving the Bears their first undefeated February since Pete Newell’s 1959-60 squad finished 6-0 during the month. During the run, Cal has posted several impressive numbers – 80.3 points a game, a plus-10.6 rebounding margin and a plus-14.6 scoring margin. Only one of Cal’s wins was
by less than 12 points, and the Bears hit the 80-point barrier four times (compared to none
in their first nine Pac-12 games). … Speaking of 80-point barrier, Arizona has reached that mark 15 times with a record of 14-1 this season. The Wildcats are coming off a 64-point performance in the loss at Utah last Saturday, their lowest output since a 61-42 victory over Northwestern State on Nov. 22. How much do you think Arizona and Miller want to break out to their normal productivity tonight? …
— Ryan Anderson has grabbed 1,000 rebounds during his collegiate career, which includes 716 rebounds in three seasons at Boston College. In comparison, Arizona has only two 1,000 rebounders for a career in Al Fleming (1,190) and Bob Elliott (1,083). Anderson is 276 points short of joining Elliott in the 2,000-point, 1,000-rebound club. He has 1,724 career points. …
— The bad news is Arizona sophomore Parker Jackson-Cartwright is nowhere close to being as good on the road as he is at home. The good news for Arizona is that the Wildcats do not have a true road game again this season. Jackson-Cartwright is averaging 8.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists in Pac-12 home games while shooting 57.6 percent from the field and 61.9 percent from three-point range. In the nine conference road games, he averaged 3.4 points, 1.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while shooting 36 percent from the field and 27.3 percent from beyond the arc. …
— Rooks, Kerr and Mason will make their return to McKale Center tonight … their sons that is. Kameron Rooks and Nick Kerr play for Cal while Trey Mason (Harvey’s son) is a walk-on at Arizona. Sean Rooks’ son Kameron had one of his best games in his career in the Bears’ win over the Wildcats at Haas Pavilion with what was then a career-high seven rebounds. The younger Rooks later pulled down 12 rebounds against Stanford and Jakob Poeltl and 14 against Washington … Steve Kerr’s son Nick is a walk-on graduate player at Cal after starting his career with San Diego. …
— Since scoring 28 points in Cal’s win over the Wildcats, guard Jordan Mathews has not cracked 20 points. He made 6-of-12 three-point attempts in the game at Haas Pavilion. He was in a recent 9-of-25 stretch from beyond the arc before making 4 of 9 against USC on Sunday night. …
— With their careers winding down, the records watch of Tarczewski and York increases. With a win today, Tarczewski will be all alone in second place in the Arizona career charts with 108 victories, trailing Matt Muehlebach’s record mark of 109. Tarczewski is also slated to make his 127th career start today. Only four other players have reached that plateau at Arizona — Jason Gardner (135), Sean Elliott (133), Mustafa Shakur (129) and Solomon Hill (129). … Tarczewski is only the third Arizona player in history to be ranked in the top 40 in career scoring (1,139 points) and top 10 in rebounding (825) and blocked shots (109). Anthony Cook and Channing Frye are the others. …
There are just under 60 @ZonaZooOfficial spots open for tonight's game against Cal after some cancellations this morning. #FillTheZoo
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) March 3, 2016
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NO. 18 ARIZONA (22-7, 10-6)
AT NO. 25 CALIFORNIA (21-8, 11-5)
Tip Time: 7:05 p.m. MST
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch/Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Brian Jeffries/Ryan Hansen)
THE SERIES
Overall: Arizona leads 59-31
In Tucson: Arizona leads 32-10
Current Streak: Cal won 1
Last Meeting: Cal won, 74-73, in Berkeley (1-23-16)
Sean Miller vs. Cal: 8-4
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)
SEASON PRODUCTIVITY RATING
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,G,S,PP,MIN,PR
Ryan Anderson,PF,28,28,794,823,.965
Dusan Ristic,C,29,9,383,503,.761
Kaleb Tarczewski,C,21,19,410,555,.739
Allonzo Trier,SG,22,16,425,603,.705
Kadeem Allen,PG,29,23,384,695,.553
Mark Tollefsen,SF,29,11,350,698,.501
Gabe York,SG,29,29,472,952,.496
P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,29,6,229,625,.366
Elliott Pitts,SG,7,2,7,149,.047
AVG 5-9.9 MIN,,,,
Chance Comanche,C,18,0,59,104,.567
Justin Simon,SG,22,0,63,182,.346
AVG 1-4.9 MIN,,,,
Jacob Hazzard,PG,6,0,11,19,.579
Paulo Cruz,SG,5,0,-3,12,-.250
TOTAL TEAM,,29,,3563,5925,.601
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PRODUCTIVITY REPORT
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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Previous vs. Cal:
CAL 74, ARIZONA 73
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Dusan Ristic,C,18,18,1.000
*Kaleb Tarczewski,C,21,28,.750
*Ryan Anderson,PF,25,35,.714
*Kadeem Allen,PG,16,25,.640
P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,7,18,.389
Justin Simon,SG,4,11,.364
*Gabe York,SG,11,37,.297
*Mark Tollefsen,SF,3,28,.107
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
None,,,,
TOTAL TEAM,,105,200,.525
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Previous game:
UTAH 70, ARIZONA 64
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Chance Comanche,C,9,11,.818
*Ryan Anderson,PF,19,26,.731
*Kaleb Tarczewski,C,21,32,.656
*Allonzo Trier,SG,16,29,.552
Mark Tollefsen,SF,5,12,.417
Kadeem Allen,PG,7,24,.292
*Gabe York,SG,5,33,.152
Dusan Ristic,C,0,10,.000
*P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,-1,12,-.083
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
Justin Simon,SG,0,1,.000
TOTAL TEAM,,81,200,.405
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HOW ARE THEY DOING?
Present power ranking of non-conference opponents Arizona has played according to KenPom.com.
[table sort=”desc”]
Rank,Opponent,Rec,Result,Date
No.32,Gonzaga,23-7,UA/68-63,12/5/15
No.57,Providence,21-9,PC/69-65,11/27/15
No.83,Boise St,20-10,UA/88-76,11/19/15
No.83,Boise St,20-10,UA/68-59,11/29/15
No.102,L.Beach St,17-13,UA/85-70,12/22/15
No.114,UNLV,17-13,UA/82-70,12/19/15
No.122,Fresno St,21-9,UA/85-72,12/9/15
No.173,Missouri,10-20,UA/88-52,12/13/15
No.237,Pacific,8-20,UA/79-61,11/13/15
No.248,Santa Clara,11-19,UA/75-73(OT),11/26/15
No.322,NW State,8-18,UA/61-42,11/22/15
No.340,NAU,5-22,UA/92-37,12/16/15
No.338,Bradley,5-26,UA/90-60,11/16/15
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PAC-12 POMEROY RATINGS
Present RPI ranking of Pac-12 teams according to KenPom.com.
[table sort=”desc”]
Rank,Opponent,Ovr,P12,Pomeroy
No.15,Arizona,22-7,10-6,.8934
No.18,Oregon,24-6,13-4,.8911
No.21,California,21-8,11-5,.8795
No.25,Utah,23-7,13-5,.8750
No.46,USC,20-10,9-8,.7943
No.60,UCLA,15-15,6-11,.7655
No.62,Oregon St.,17-11,8-9,.7609
No.63,Colorado,21-9,10-7,.7592
No.70,Washington,17-13,9-9,.7396
No.78,Stanford,15-12,8-8,.7235
No.95,Arizona St.,14-15,4-12,.6908
No.190,Washington St.,9-21,1-17,.4347
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ARIZONA’S 1,000-POINT SCORERS
Overall
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Points
Ryan Anderson,2011-16,1724
Kadeem Allen,2012-16,1667
Mark Tollefsen,2012-16,1240
Kaleb Tarczewski,2012-16,1139
Gabe York,2012-16,1046
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Before Arizona
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,School,Points
Kadeem Allen,Hutchinson (Kan.) JC,1425
Ryan Anderson,Boston College,1282
Mark Tollefsen,San Francisco,1006
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1987-88 (by end of that season)
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Points
Sean Elliott,1985-88,1820
Tom Tolbert,1986-88,1495
Steve Kerr,1983-88,1445
Craig McMillan,1984-88,1174
Anthony Cook,1985-88,1012
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Before Arizona
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,School,Points
Tom Tolbert,UC Irvine/Cerritos JC,541
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THREE-POINT GOALS SEASON
[table sort=”desc”]
FG,Player,Season
120,Salim Stoudamire,2004-05
114,Steve Kerr,1987-88
112,Damon Stoudamire,1994-95
106,Jason Gardner,2001-02
93,Damon Stoudamire,1993-94
85,Khalid Reeves,1993-94
78,Salim Stoudamire,2003-04
77,Mike Bibby,1997-98
76,Jason Terry,1998-99
76,Jason Gardner,2000-01
76,Gabe York,2015-16
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ARIZONA’S TOP SCORING CENTERS
Rank: Overall school ranking.
[table=”desc”]
Rank,Name,Years,Points
2.,Bob Elliott,1973-77,2131
9.,Channing Frye,2001-05,1789
14.,Anthony Cook,1985-89,1590
15.,Sean Rooks,1988-92,1497
25.,Frank Smith,1979-83,1329
32.,Jordan Hill,2006-09,1208
40.,Kaleb Tarczewski,2012-16,1139
43.,A.J. Bramlett,1995-99,1098
44.,Joseph Blair,1992-96,1086
52.,Ed Stokes,1989-93,984
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MOST CAREER REBOUNDS
[table sort=”desc”]
Reb,Player,Years
1190,Al Fleming,1973-76
1083,Bob Elliott,1974-77
975,Channing Frye,2001-05
861,Anthony Cook,1986-89
837,Bill Reeves,1954-57
832,Michael Wright,1998-2001
825,Kaleb Tarczewski,2013-16
824,Ernie McCray,1957-60
817,A.J. Bramlett,1996-99
808,Sean Elliott,1986-89
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MOST CAREER VICTORIES IN GAMES PLAYED
Note: Gabe York is at 102 wins.
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Wins
Matt Muehlebach,1988-91,109
Jason Gardner,2000-03,107
Kaleb Tarczewski,2012–16,107
Matt Othick,1989-92,106
Anthony Cook,1986-89,105
Sean Elliott,1986-89,105
Jud Buechler,1987-90,105
Jordin Mayes,2011-14,105
Sean Rooks,1989-92,104
Khalid Reeves,1991-94,104
Reggie Geary,1993-96,104
Michael Dickerson,1995-98,104
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MOST CAREER STARTS
[table sort=”desc”]
Starts,Player,Years
135,Jason Gardner,2000-03
133,Sean Elliott,1986-89
129,Mustafa Shakur,2004-07
129,Solomon Hill,2010-13
126,Kaleb Tarczewski,2013-16
123,Anthony Cook,1986-89
119,Channing Frye,2002-05
119,Kyle Fogg,2009-12
117,Salim Stoudamire,2002-05
109,Craig McMillan,1985-88
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THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS CAREER
[table sort=”desc”]
FG,G,Player,Years
342,129,Salim Stoudamire,2001-05
318,136,Jason Gardner,1999-2003
272,123,Damon Stoudamire,1992-95
207,116,Gabe York,2012-present
193,129,Jason Terry,1996-99
193,139,Kyle Fogg,2008-12
191,129,Matt Othick,1989-92
190,100,Chase Budinger,2006-09
186,128,Khalid Reeves,1991-94
176,114,Miles Simon,1994-98
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ARIZONA SCHEDULE/PRODUCTIVITY RESULTS
*-John Wooden Legacy in Fullerton/Anaheim (Calif.)
[table sort=”desc”]
Date,Opponent,Results,TeamPR,Productivity Leader,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Feb. 27,at Utah,70-64 (L),.405,Chance Comanche,C,9,11,.818
Feb. 24,at Colorado,75-72 (L),.610,Ryan Anderson,PF,32,32,1.000
Feb. 17,ASU,99-61 (W),.825,Allonzo Trier,SG,34,24,1.417
Feb. 14,USC,86-78 (W),.675,Mark Tollefsen,SF,23,21,1.095
Feb. 12,UCLA,81-75 (W),.570,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,25,28,.893
Feb. 6,at Washington,77-72 (W),.505,Ryan Anderson,PF,41,33,1.242
Feb. 3,at Washington St.,79-64 (W),.575,Ryan Anderson,PF,52,32,1.625
Jan. 30,Oregon St.,80-63 (W),.655,Dusan Ristic,C,11,12,.917
Jan. 28,Oregon,83-75 (L),.545,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,32,1.188
Jan. 23,at California,74-73 (L),.525,Dusan Ristic,C,18,18,1.000
Jan. 21,at Stanford,71-57 (W),.606,Ryan Anderson,PF,31,31,1.000
Jan. 16,Washington St.,90-66 (W),.695,Ryan Anderson,PF,30,24,1.250
Jan. 14,Washington,99-67 (W),.870,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,25,1.520
Jan. 9,at USC,103-101 (4OT) (L),.453,Dusan Ristic,C,15,18,.833
Jan. 7,at UCLA,87-84 (L),.630,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,29,24,1.208
Jan. 3,at ASU,94-82 (W),.740,Gabe York,SG,34,30,1.133
Dec. 22,Long Beach State,85-70 (W),.665,Allonzo Trier,SG,29,31,.935
Dec. 19,UNLV,82-70 (W),.650,Dusan Ristic,C,30,25,1.200
Dec. 16,NAU,92-37 (W),.860,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,19,2.000
Dec. 13,Missouri,88-52 (W),.700,Ryan Anderson,PF,28,24,1.667
Dec. 9,Fresno State,85-72 (W),.595,Allonzo Trier,SG,42,33,1.273
Dec. 5,at Gonzaga,68-63 (W),.450,Allonzo Trier,SG,27,35,.771
Nov. 29,*Boise State,68-59 (W),.485,Kadeem Allen,PG,23,25,.920
Nov. 27,*Providence,69-65 (L),.410,Ryan Anderson,PF,44,32,1.375
Nov. 26,*Santa Clara,75-73 OT (W),.436,Ryan Anderson,PF,27,36,.750
Nov. 22,Northwestern State,61-42 (W),.440,Gabe York,SG,21,26,.750
Nov. 19,Boise State,88-76 (W),.695,Parker Jackson-Cartwright,PG,23,18,1.278
Nov. 16,Bradley,90-60 (W),.710,Allonzo Trier,SG,43,23,1.870
Nov. 13,Pacific,79-61 (W),.595,Ryan Anderson,PF,40,26,1.538
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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