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Arizona coach Mike Stoops wants his Wildcats to learn how to finish

By: ANDREW BAGNATO
Associated Press
11/23/09 7:00 PM EST

Arizona head coach Mike Stoops, center, tries to calm the crowd against Oregon in the second half of an NCAA college football game at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Oregon won 44 - 41 in overtime. (AP Photo/Wily Low)
Arizona head coach Mike Stoops, center, tries to calm the crowd against Oregon in the second half of an NCAA college football game at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Oregon won 44 - 41 in overtime. (AP Photo/Wily Low) (AP)

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Arizona is out of the Pac-10 race, and it's easy to see why.

The Wildcats haven't learned how to finish games. They led in the fourth quarter of all three of their conference losses.

Last weekend's 44-41 double-overtime loss to No. 11 Oregon was the latest in a string of heartbreakers for the Wildcats. This one hurt even more because it ended Arizona's hopes for its first Rose Bowl berth in 32 years as a Pac-10 member.

With trips to Arizona State and USC looming, the Wildcats (6-4, 4-3 Pac-10) have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.



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