It seems like everybody's game plan is [to] wait until we throw it inside and swarm us. We always eventually do throw it inside, but we can kick it out and find our shooters.

We controlled the boards, therefore, we controlled the game. That was our number one goal.

There is certainly a bright side to that (UCLA) game. You win 10 in a row. You're a young team. You still have a lot that you can improve on, and you know you haven't fully peaked. Here we are with a chance to really look at the shortcomings that we had in the Pac-10 Tournament and regroup. We have a long window to get fresh again.

It started in the Stanford game. We matured and got more aggressive, and stopped playing not to lose. Not having any close games in the preseason and the high ranking (No. 9), all of that played into us having to go through some things, which was good for us. We are young, and we needed to have a few growing pains.

[Arizona] gives up something on the defensive end. It's possibly something for us to capitalize on.

They have some of the best guards in the conference, and we know this.