Arizona Should Not Be Dancing

 
After 23 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, it’s finally time to leave the Arizona Wildcats home this year.  Let them host a few NIT games.  Yes, Joe Lunardi, we see that Kevin O’Neill’s squad is No. 29 in the all-important, tell-all RPI.  We see that.  And yes, we know about all the “no team with an RPI of such and such has never been left out blah blah f****n’ blah.” Right now, Arizona sits at 18-13 overall, including a very impotent 8-10 in the Pac-10.  Granted, the Pac-10 is probably the best conference this season, but 8-10?  The two teams who appear “on the bubble” closest to the Wildcats in the standings, Oregon and Arizona State, both finished at 9-9 in conference play.  (By the way, Oregon's resume is about as hot as Rosie O'Donnell, but that's a whole other article) Oh yeah, by the way, Arizona got swept by both Oregon and Arizona State.  But what does that matter, right?  That big ... [link]

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