March has been Dana Altman's time of the year in the past, such as last year when the Ducks won the last Pac-12 Tourney before doing damage in the Dance once more. No dramatics were needed to qualify this season as Altman had had 7-2 C Nate Bittle (14.1 ppg) available since November, while the scoring balance has improved with Villanova transfer wing TJ Bamba (10.3 ppg) now complementing classy 2-year starter Jackson Shelstad (13.4 ppg). The Cats were hitting almost everything on Friday vs. what was an outmanned Akron, but UA won't be able to dictate matters in the old Pac-12 rematch vs. the Ducks, and Altman's March record s worth something compared to Cat counterpart Tommy Lloyd. Play Oregon (NCAA at Seattle)

Arizona and Oregon didn't play each other in the new Big Ten but the last four times they played Arizona won the first three but Oregon won the last one in the Pac-12 tournament. Oregon has completely turned around from where they were in January when they had a five-game losing streak, but since February 11th, their only loss was at Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament. But the only quality win of them all was winning at Wisconsin in overtime. Arizona is below their normal standards but still shooting a solid 47.6% from the field and defending well holding opponents to 41.3%. Arizona averages 82.1 points per game. Arizona covers.