Toto, I don't think we are in Arizona any more!

Not to make too bad of a Wizard of Oz reference but both Arizona schools seemed lost on the yellow brick road to the NCAA Tournament Thursday night. Standford beat ASU which may come as a bit of a shock to the dedicated PAC 10 watchers. I missed this game so I can't speak much of it.
However I had the luxury of watching the Cal Golden Bears take on the Arizona Wildcats. There was a big win in the house that Lute built. Sadly for the Wildcats sake it came at the hands of Jerome Randall who finished with 30 points. Randall hit 8 of 11 shots from beyond the arc, many from other area codes.
Maybe the longer halftime honoring Lute Olsen for his 24 years of coaching what became a PAC 10 powerhouse over the years. It may have been a bit distracting to the Wildcats as they almost fell asleep on defense for parts of the second half keeping the game close down the stretch. It is no knock to the Wildcats because they played a great game having large contributions from the big man, Jordan Hill (24 pts), as well as the guards Chase Budinger(28 pts) and Nic Wise (10 pts) and Jamelle Horne (13 pts) during their 83-77 loss to the Golden Bears.
Though the final score gave California the game the Wildcats had a solid performance and will probably remain on the bubble for the National Tournament unless they have a meltdown at home on Saturday when they take on the Stanford Cardinal.