A heated rivalry matchup between Arizona and Arizona State turned ugly quick on Saturday. The Wildcats picked up the 81-72 win on the Solar Devils’ dwelling courtroom, however not earlier than the sport took loads of dramatic turns.
Officers handed down 4 technicals all through the sport, together with to ASU head coach Bobby Hurley halfway by way of the primary half. Hurley was T’d up for protesting a foul known as on Solar Devils guard Adam Miller; the technical prompted Hurley to tear off his tie in frustration.
Later within the first half, Arizona guard Jaden Bradley was given a technical after staring down the ASU bench. Bradley had made a layup that tied the sport at 23-all with 4 minutes remaining within the half.
Then, within the remaining minute of the sport, star Wildcats guard Caleb Love was assessed a technical and ejected after getting right into a skirmish with ASU’s BJ Freeman. After evaluation, the official additionally gave Freeman a tech for head-butting Love whereas the 2 had been exchanging phrases, and ejected him as effectively.
As the sport ended, Hurley known as his gamers off the courtroom as a way to skip the handshake line, seemingly fed up with the drama. The Solar Devils coach despatched the gamers on the bench into the locker room with 30 seconds left on the clock; he and the gamers on the courtroom left the second the sport was over.
Each Bobby Hurley and Tommy Lloyd agreed to skip the handshake line after issues bought chippy in the direction of the top of the sport. pic.twitter.com/YaXRIbuLXP
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Hurley mentioned postgame that he had his group skip the handshake as a way to deescalate issues, saying that a few of the Wildcats gamers had been being sore winners.
“It was relentless, fixed chatter from a few the Arizona gamers that was not being policed correctly. In fact they will be proud of successful, however it was accomplished with no class, for my part,” Hurley mentioned.
Bobby Hurley mentioned Arizona’s gamers had been classless of their chatter earlier than Freeman’s head butt of Love, resulting in his resolution to not shake fingers to attempt to keep away from an escalation. pic.twitter.com/63SQwXEXf6
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When requested concerning the late-game dust-up, Hurley had some selection phrases for Arizona’s star guard, saying of Love: “I do get a vote for all-conference, and I are you able to who’s not getting a vote.”
Extra Bobby Hurley, with a parting shot for Caleb Love:
“I get a vote for Large 12 All-Convention, and I can let you know who’s not getting my vote”pic.twitter.com/AFC6R19tHr
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Ejections apart, Love and Freeman led their respective groups in factors: Love completed with 27 factors, six rebounds and 7 assists, whereas Freeman ended up with 19 factors, three rebounds and three assists. Bradley added 14 factors for the Wildcats, and Miller put up 16 for the Solar Devils.
The rivals meet once more on March 4, this time on Arizona’s campus.