TUCSON, Ariz. - The No. 5 seed Arizona Wildcats will take on the No. 12 seed Washington Huskies on Wednesday in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in a rematch of the regular season finale where Washington defeated Arizona, 69-63. The game is scheduled to tip-off at approximately 2:30 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

GAME INFORMATION
Washington vs. Arizona
Wednesdasy, March 11, 2020
2:30 p.m. (MST) at T-Mobile Arena
TV: Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, Ashley Adamson)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)

OFF THE TOP
The No. 5 seed Arizona will play the No. 12 seed Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, after the two teams closed the regular season against each other in Tucson and Washington getting the win, 69-63.

Under head coach Sean Miller, Arizona is 17-7 (.708) at the Pac-12 Tournament. Overall, Arizona is 33-15 in the Pac-10/12 Tournament and has won 7 championships in 11 appearances in the championship game.

Arizona ranks 14th In the latest NET ranking (2nd in Pac-12) and a strength of schedule that ranks SEVENTH. 

Arizona's Pac-12 All-Conference honorees for this season included Zeke Nnaji (Freshman of the Year, 1st Team, All-Freshman), Nico Mannion (2nd Team, All-Freshman) and Dylan Smith (All-Defensive Honorable Mention).

Nnaji becomes the fifth UA player to be named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year under Miller and is now eligible to have his name put into the Ring of Honor whenever his career at Arizona is complete.

In conference play, Arizona ranks third in scoring (71.1) and second in fewest points allowed per game (65.1)

For the season, Arizona is the only Pac-12 team that ranks in the top three in scoring offense and defense.

UA leads the Pac-12 in fewest turnovers/game (11.8), and it would be the first time in 11 seasons under Sean Miller that the Wildcats led the conference in that category.

Zeke Nnaji went for his 14th double-double of the season (12p, 11r) against Washington to close the regular season, the 27th time in 30 games he has scored in double figures. Nnaji's 14 double-doubles lead the Pac-12, rank third nationally among all freshmen and are second all-time by a freshman at Arizona (Ayton - 24). A 4-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honoree, Nnaji led the Pac-12 in rebounding in conference play (9.2) and ranks seventh in scoring (16.1). 

Nico Mannion's 167 assists are the third-most by a freshman at Arizona and ranks second nationally among freshmen this season. He needs 11 assists to tie Mike Bibby for second place on the Arizona freshman assist list. His 5.4 assists per game rank second in the Pac-12 in conference play and his 14.0 points per game are good for 16th in the conference. He has scored in double figures in six straight and has 34 assists in those six games. 

As a starter, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 8.0p, 5.2r and shot 49.5% the last 15 games. He was named Pac-12 Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year this week.

Redshirt senior Dylan Smith played most of the game against Washington with a broken nose suffered in the first half. He went on to connect on 6-of-10 from long distance and led UA with 19 points in the game.

Josh Green returned to the starting lineup the last two games after missing two games with a back sprain.