TUCSON —
About a half-hour after his team took sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 Conference, Mick Cronin lowered his head, closed his eyes and rubbed his bald pate.
The virtual show of unease during a postgame videoconference with reporters wasn’t about UCLA’s inability to stop anyone off the dribble, take care of the ball or make open shots. Cronin had just been informed that Arizona gave up 87 points in a loss to USC, forcing the Bruins coach to contemplate all the ways in which Wildcats counterpart Sean Miller would make life miserable for his players to jolt them into playing better against UCLA.