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Arizona Basketball: Top 25 Wildcat wins of all-time

By David Rosen

15 Feb 2001: Gilbert Arenas #9 of the Arizona Wildcats congratulates teammates Michael Wright #2, Richard Jefferson #44, Loren Woods #3 during the game against the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The Bruins defeated the Wildcats 79-77.Mandatory Credit: Donald Miralle /Allsport
15 Feb 2001: Gilbert Arenas #9 of the Arizona Wildcats congratulates teammates Michael Wright #2, Richard Jefferson #44, Loren Woods #3 during the game against the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The Bruins defeated the Wildcats 79-77.Mandatory Credit: Donald Miralle /Allsport /
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TUCSON, AZ – MARCH 5: Arizona Wildcats mascot Wilbur the Wildcat waves the Arizona flag before the start of the college basketball game against the Stanford Cardinal at McKale Center on March 5, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ – MARCH 5: Arizona Wildcats mascot Wilbur the Wildcat waves the Arizona flag before the start of the college basketball game against the Stanford Cardinal at McKale Center on March 5, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) /

Final. 69. 518. 70. 511

72. 519. 74. 511. Final

No. 15 – Arizona beating UCLA and USC in 1979

Who: Pac-10 Intra-conference match-ups between Arizona-UCLA/USC

When: 2/18/1979 & 2/22/1979

Where: McKale Center (Tucson, AZ)

Game stats: N/A

Entering his seventh season with the Wildcats, Fred Snowden and Arizona would begin their first year in the Pac-10 Conference that season.

This would be a memorable year for the Wildcats, as they would host both UCLA and USC in the same season!

First squaring off with the perennially talented No. 3 Bruins (led by Gary Cunningham) on January 18, 1979, the Wildcats would do the unthinkable, knocking off the Bruins 70-69 in dramatic fashion!

Just days later, Arizona would get their first-ever sweep of the Los Angeles-area schools in their inaugural Pac-10 season, when the Wildcats would beat the Trojans 74-72 at home!

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