define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); heating up and cooling down – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:58:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Four Thoughts: Washington-Oregon State & UCLA-Arizona http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/09/four-thoughts-washington-oregon-state-ucla-arizona/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/03/09/four-thoughts-washington-oregon-state-ucla-arizona/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:46:47 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=65124

The first two games of the Pac-12 reminded us of why we love this time of year. Four extremely talented teams were playing their hearts out for different things. Washington needed to avoid a bad loss to clinch an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament; Oregon State needed a win to get onto the NIT bubble; Arizona needed a win to keep alive its NCAA Tournament hopes; and UCLA needed a win to stay in the NIT field. Here are four things that stood out in the first two quarterfinal games.

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