It's time to sweep up the remains of Arizona's weekend trip to the West Regional first- and second-round games in Tempe. The Wildcats have advanced to the Sweet 16 in Denver Friday against Kansas.

Reggie who?: It's usually not hard for UA point guard Reggie Geary to draw attention to himself.

The outspoken, enthusiastic senior is often the most identifiable of the Wildcats both on and off the court, but he was having a hard time getting noticed at Arizona State's University Activity Center.

Kansas' Jacque Vaughn and Santa Clara's Steve Nash were the ones grabbing all the attention - Nash for his scrappy play and 28 points against Maryland, and Vaughn for being a second-team All-America selection and leader of the No. 5 team in the nation - with Geary as an afterthought.

After the Broncos' win over the Terrapins, Nash said the biggest challenge for him was all the great point guards he could face - Maryland's Duane Simpkins, Vaughn, even Valparaiso's Bryce Drew, but no mention of the first-team All-Pacific 10 Conference Geary.

When UA brushed off Iowa 87-73, in large part because of Geary's 16 points and career-high 13 assists, the all-time UA steals leader was ready to take his case to the media.

When asked if he felt he was being overlooked, Geary did not hesitate.

"Definitely," he said. "I put out my credentials by leading my team. When it comes to any point guard in the country, I'll put my record up against his.

"I just don't want to leave this tournament," he said.

Arizona head coach Lute Olson certainly has no problem with that last part. Olson was equally adamant in support of his point guard.

"I think Reggie has been shortchanged. You can take any point guard in the country, and I'll take Reggie Geary," Olson said. "He's the heart and soul of this team. All he wants to do is win."

Geary's play earned him some respect from at least one player, Hawkeye forward Kenyon Murray.

"I think Reggie Geary should get a lot of credit. He ran the ballclub really well (Sunday)," he said. "When we came after them, they got rattled. They turned the ball over a few times, but he calmed them down, and he got them to play the way they wanted to play."

Geary will get a chance to show his stuff Friday against Vaughn and the Jayhawks.

Home sweet home: Iowa players were not shy about saying the Tournament selection committee dealt the Hawkeyes a tough hand when they sent the Wildcats to Tempe, just 90 miles from Tucson, for what amounted to a couple of home games for Arizona.

"There's 13,000 people out there yelling. You can't call this a neutral site by any means," Murray said. "I think that was a big factor from the beginning."

"It was tremendously loud. Every time they scored a basket, the place went in an uproar," said guard Mon'ter Glasper. "It's tough for our young guys to adjust to that."

Hawkeye head coach Tom Davis declined to respond directly when asked about the placement of the Wildcats, but his feelings came out when asked about the officiating.

"You have to feel for them (the officials) a little bit," Davis said. "I know how intimidating it is with everybody yelling at you all the time, and it's hard when you have 13,000 people all disagreeing with the call.

There's a lot of psychological things going on in the heads of officials. It's really tough when you've got that environment."

For his part, Olson said his teams have traveled to hostile first-round sites before, like last year's game against Miami (Ohio) in Dayton, Ohio, so he wasn't going to complain.

"We were very happy to be in Tempe, and I think that's the first time I've ever said that," he said.

Duh: When asked if there was a different feeling between this year's NCAA Tournament and last year's effort that ended in a first-round loss to Miami (Ohio), sophomore guard Miles Simon didn't mince words.

"Obviously. We haven't lost yet. It's a big difference," he said.