The Arizona men's basketball team dispatched San Diego Tuesday night, but the Wildcats have a lot to improve on before they take on Wright State tonight at 7 in McKale Center in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament. After an impressive performance in the first half, the Wildcats struggled to score and to defend for much of the second half in their 80-69 win over San Diego.

"We had an excellent first half but the second half was terrible," Salim Stoudamire said. [Read article]

Ohio State schools UA by 33 in semis

The No. 24 Arizona women's basketball team (2-1) weathered its first loss of the season against No. 10 Ohio State (3-0) last night in Columbus, Ohio, as the Buckeyes took down the Wildcats 78-45 in the second round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament.

The Buckeyes shot 52 percent from the floor and kept the Wildcats to a season-low 34 percent success rate of their own. The Buckeyes shot 55 percent from 3-point range, while Arizona was unsuccessful on all seven of its attempts from beyond the arc. [Read article]

Team A ranks fifth in the current Bowl Championship Series standings, sports a 9-1 record in one of the toughest conferences in the country and has only lost a close game to the nation's second-best team.

Team B holds the 21st spot in the BCS, has gone 7-2 in a conference with no teams ranked in the top 20 of the BCS and has fallen to two unranked teams.

Conventional logic says that Team A would have a lock on a BCS spot, while Team B would be lucky to be playing in a New Year's Day bowl. [Read article]