Can Arizona lock up a 1-seed and further a stunning first-year turnaround by coach Tommy Lloyd? That’s the Wildcats’ plan as it heads to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for this week’s Pac-12 tournament.

Arizona went 18-2 in the regular season, a full three games better than second-place UCLA. The Bruins are safely in the NCAA Tournament field, as is USC. But those are projected to be the only three Pac-12 teams to make the NCAA Tournament.

Unless there’s a bid thief, which happened just last season when Oregon State shocked the league by winning the conference title and then continuing on straight into the Elite Eight. That would be No. 4 Colorado, which is 21-10 overall and went 12-8 in the Pac-12. But the combination of a 1-5 record in Quad 1 games and three losses to Quad 3 teams makes it not a suitable at-large team.

Where every Pac-12 team stands for making the NCAA Tournament: Eamonn Brennan's Bubble Watch

Where the ACC is seeded in this year's NCAA Tournament: Brian Bennett's Bracket Watch

Game 1: No. 9 Stanford 71, No. 8 Arizona State 70

Game 2: No. 5 Oregon 86, No. 12 Oregon State 72

Game 3: No. 7 Washington State 66, No. 10 California 59

Game 4: No. 6 Washington 82, No. 11 Utah 70

Game 5: No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 9 Stanford 80

Game 6: No. 4 Colorado 80, No. 5 Oregon 69

Game 7: No. 2 UCLA 75, No. 7 Washington State 65

Game 8: No. 3 USC 65, No. 6 Washington 61

Game 9: No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Colorado, 9:00 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Game 10: No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC, 11:30 p.m., FS1

Game 11: Championship game, 9:00 p.m., Fox

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This is not unexpected, but the Arizona Wildcats will be without point guard Kerr Kriisa for tonight's semifinals game against Colorado. He fell awkwardly during Thursday's win over Stanford.

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There have been no upsets so far in the Pac-12 tournament with all top four seeds reaching the semifinals. Will that change tonight? Colorado is trying to fight itself into the NCAA Tournament, but the Buffaloes are 9.5-point underdogs to Arizona tonight.

Game 9: No. 1 Arizona(-9.5) vs. No. 4 Colorado

Game 10: No. 2 UCLA (-5.5) vs. No. 3 USC

LAS VEGAS — At roughly 2:40 p.m. here on Thursday, the door to a locker room swung open and Arizona’s wildest, most sublime hopes for this month and the next rolled out in a wheelchair.

Kerr Kriisa still had the headband on. He still had his uniform on. He also had a big black boot engulfing his lower right leg and a towel covering his exposed toes. His right ankle had bent in a way ankles aren’t meant to bend in the final minute of a Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal against Stanford, and he’d collapsed in a heap and slapped the T-Mobile Arena floor five times as the pain set in, and now he needed an athletic trainer to push him out of the building and a team manager to carry his pink Nikes and his backpack with a half-full Gatorade tucked in a side pocket.

The guard who plays like he’s stuck a fork in a socket, defused in a blink. The breathless but realistic national championship aspirations, suddenly imperiled by a foot landing on another foot and not a couple inches to the left or right. All of it, still fresh and tenuous and maddening as Kriisa’s chariot wound down the hallway and into the loading dock, then out a door into a brisk desert afternoon and down a ramp to the team bus. Once there, he requested to be turned around, his back to said bus and his trainer standing behind him. He handed his phone to Anderson Mort, the team manager and de facto aide de camp.

Then Kerr Krisa smiled and flashed two thumbs up.

“Whatever happens will happen,” Wildcats guard Bennedict Mathurin said, “but we hope he’s going to be back pretty soon because we need him.”

‘We need him’: Kerr Kriisa’s injury is a problem for Arizona’s March Madness dreams

No. 21 USC survived a close game with Washington in the quarterfinal of the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday, defeating the Wildcats 65-61. The Trojans will move on to play No. 13 UCLA at 11:30 ET.

USC was led by junior guard Boogie Ellis, who finished with 17 points and four rebounds. Isaiah Mobley was also big for the Trojans on the defensive end, contesting the game-winning attempt in the final seconds that ended in an air ball.

USC rebounded from two straight losses and now face a UCLA squad that has not dropped a contest since Feb. 24.

Colorado had a balanced attack in its victory over Oregon as four Buffaloes scored in double-figures, while sophomore Jabari Walker dominated, going for 18 points and 16 boards. Although Quincy Guerrier chipped in a 25-point double-double for the Ducks, Colorado pulled away down the stretch.

Colorado leaders: Jabari Walker (18 points, 16 rebounds), Evan Battey (19 points,12 rebounds)

Oregon leader: Quincy Guerrier (25 points, 13 rebounds)

What's next for Colorado: It'll play No. 1 Arizona Friday in the Pac-12 semifinals

What's next for Oregon: Wait to see if it makes the NIT

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Colorado does not have much of a bubble chance, actually, at least in Eamonn Brennan's estimation. Maybe if it beats Arizona in the semifinals on Friday, that changes. Or ... or ... as he suggests in his new Bubble Watch update, "At this stage we would recommend this hyper-hot team just go ahead and win the Pac-12 tournament."

As for Oregon, whatever shred of hope was still there coming into Las Vegas is gone after the 80-69 loss to Colorado. The Ducks are done, at least for the NCAA Tournament.

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This one went down to the wire, as many of today's games have. Christian Koloko and the Wildcats proved to be too much for the Cardinals to handle down the stretch. In the final minutes, Arizona guard Kerr Kriisa went down with a right ankle sprain and had to be helped to the locker room.

Judging by his tweet down below, he seems to be in good spirits.

Arizona leaders: Christian Koloko (24 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists), Bennedict Mathurin (20 points, 7 rebounds)

Stanford leaders: Spencer Jones (28 points, 8 rebounds)

What's next for Arizona: It'll play the winner of No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 4 Colorado Friday

What's next for Stanford: Wait to see if it makes the NIT

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Top-seeded Arizona is angling to lock up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament during this week's Pac-12 tournament, and begins that quest with a quarterfinals game against No. 9 Stanford. Here are the starters. Game is on Pac-12 Network.

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The Pac-12 tournament continues today in Las Vegas with the four teams that received byes playing in their first games.

Game 5: No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 1 Arizona (-15.5)

Game 6: No. 5 Oregon (-1.5) vs. No. 4 Colorado

Game 7: No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 2 UCLA (-9)

Game 8: No. 6 Washington vs. No. 3 USC (-6.5)

No. 6 Washington dominated No. 11 Utah in an 82-70 win after going on a 15-3 run in the second half.

Four players scored double digits for the Huskies. Senior Terrell Brown Jr. led Washington with 22 points and added five assists and four rebounds. Fellow senior Jamal Bey posted 19 points and four rebounds.

Guard Marco Anthony led the Utes with 18 points, three rebounds and two assists.

Washington next faces No. 3 USC Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET.

No. 7 Washington State put together a complete performance on Wednesday night, dominating No. 10 California 66-59.

Efe Abogidi led the Cougars in scoring, putting up 19 points on 41.2 percent shooting from the field. In addition to Abogidi, Washington State had three other players score double-digit points, including Tyrell Roberts (14), Michael Flowers (12) and TJ Bamba (12).

California had a valiant effort in the second half, outscoring Washington State 39-34. Senior guard Jordan Shepherd kept California in the game, leading the Golden Bears in scoring with 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the field.

Washington State advances to take on No. 2 UCLA on March 10 at 9 p.m. ET

The path to the 2022 NCAA Tournament probably means an auto bid for the Oregon Ducks, and they took step one on Wednesday with a 86-72 win over Oregon State in the Pac-12 tournament first round. The Ducks scored the game's first 12 points and never trailed.

Oregon leaders: Jacob Young (23 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals), Quincy Guerrier (20 points, 3-of-7 from 3-point range), N'Faly Dante (15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 blocks)

Oregon State leaders: Jarod Lucas (22 points), Glenn Taylor Jr. (16 points)

What’s next for Oregon: It'll play No. 4 Colorado on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

What’s next for Oregon State: Its season is over.

After trailing for 37 minutes, the Cardinals came back to win 71-70 on a James Keefe buzzer-beater.

Spencer Jones led the way for Stanford with 26 points and six rebounds on 6-of-12 shooting from 3-point range. In addition to the game winner, Keefe went for 16 points and 10 boards.

DJ Horne scored 21 points, shooting 5-of-12 from deep for the Sun Devils.

No. 9 Stanford will take on No. 1 Arizona Thursday at 3 p.m. Stanford will wait to see if it makes the NIT.

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Keefe capped off a 17-point comeback win for the Cardinals.

Arizona State led for 37 of the 40 minutes in the game.

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The senior forward took flight and punched home an and-1 in transition.

Sun Devils lead 69-61 with just under two minutes remaining.

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Marreon Jackson led the way for the Sun Devils with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting from deep.

Halftime: Arizona State 31, Stanford 27 Sun Devils 7 of 15 from 3 in the first half.

When we kicked Oregon off the page last week, the last dying embers of this conference’s nascent bubble intrigue were extinguished. (Oregon went ahead and followed up its dire loss at Washington with a 94-74 loss at Washington State over the weekend. LOL.) There’s nothing happening here.

Later in the week, obviously, we can talk about crazy stuff that happens at the Pac-12 tournament — say, when Oregon State, currently 3-27, 234th in KenPom and fully in “hey, we went to the Elite Eight last year, shouldn’t we get to take this year off?” mode — somehow ends up winning the automatic bid again.

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Here's the odds for Wednesday's Pac-12 games in Las Vegas. Washington seems to be an early favorite amongst bettors as that line has moved from -1.5 to -3 at BetMGM.

Game 1: No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 8 Arizona State (-4.5), 3:00 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Game 2: No. 12 Oregon State vs. No. 5 Oregon (-9.5), 5:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Game 3: No. 10 Cal vs. No. 7 Washington State (-8), 9:00 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Game 4: No. 11 Utah vs. No. 6 Washington(-3), 11:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Click here for live odds.

With all the star power on display in Tucson, Dalen Terry’s contributions tend to get lost in the shadows. There is one place, however, where he shines brightest: He is the captain of my 22nd annual All-Glue team. Terry is the sixth Arizona player named to the All-Glue team since it was created in 2000, and the second Wildcat to be named captain. (Rick Anderson earned the honor in 2003.) The All-Glue team has been around so long that it predates Terry’s birthday on July 12, 2002. Terry and the All-Glue team have grown up together, and his versatility, selflessness and level-headed maturity are huge reasons why Arizona is sticking together during this season for the ages.

He stands out by fitting in: Arizona’s Dalen Terry is the 2022 All-Glue captain

Arizona enters the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament as favorites to lift the trophy on Saturday night. The Wildcats currently hold a No. 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament in Brian Bennett’s bracket watch. Bennett also has UCLA — a team that made last year’s Final Four as a No. 11-seed — as a No. 4-seed in the NCAA Tournament. The only other team in right now is USC. There’s potential for Colorado or Oregon to find themselves on the bubble, but they’ll need to win several games in Las Vegas and get some help to be considered.

2022 Pac-12 Tournament bracket, scores, picks, odds: The Athletic’s model predicts Arizona to win in Las Vegas