The Arizona Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins face off in the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday afternoon, and Arizona will have to try and capture this contest and two more without starting point guard Josiah Turner. Arizona's offense doesn't seem to need a real point guard this year (all the Wildcats have done a decent job distributing the basketball even though they've struggled with turnovers). Still, Arizona has had plenty of trouble matching up with UCLA this week. The Bruins have split the two contests with the Wildcats and nearly beat Arizona in Tucson, and this'll be a semi-home contest.
If Arizona wins, they will face the winner of the Washington-Oregon State matchup on Friday night.
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Bracket schedule and TV information are below. All times are PT.
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 8
12 p.m.: No. 1 Washington Huskies vs. No. 9 Oregon St. Beavers (Fox Sports Net)
2:30 p.m.: No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 5 UCLA (Fox Sports Net)
6 p.m.: No. 2 California Golden Bears vs. No. 7 Stanford Cardinal (Fox Sports Net)
8:30 p.m.: No. 3 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes (Fox Sports Net)
Semifinals: Friday, March 9
6 p.m. - Semifinal #1: Washington-Oregon State winner vs. Arizona-UCLA winner (Fox Sports Net)
8:30 p.m. - Semifinal #2: Cal-Stanford winner vs. Oregon-Colorado winner (Fox Sports Net)
Championship: Saturday, March 10
3 p.m. - Championship Game (CBS)
Here is the original bracket in PDF form.
To discuss the Pac-12 tournament with Arizona basketball fans, head on over to Arizona Desert Swarm. To talk about the Pac-12 tournament with UCLA basketball fans, check out Bruins Nation. To learn more about the Pac-12 tournament in general, hit up Pacific Takes.