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What we learned from Arizona’s loss to Stanford

The Arizona Wildcats (5-1, 0-1 Pac-12) were outlasted by the Stanford Cardinal 78-75 on Saturday in Santa Cruz to begin their Pac-12 season.

Our recap can be found here, Sean Miller’s postgame comments can be watched/read here, and below are some additional takeaways.

The defense was so bad that Miller went to a zone—and might continue to mix it in

Stanford is known for its defense, not its offense, but you wouldn’t know it from this game.

The Cardinal shot 53 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3.