After scoring the tying bucket with 22 seconds to go, Arizona freshman Kyle Fogg inexplicably rushed to immediately foul the inbound recipient from UAB. He thought they were still losing.
Oops. Perhaps he thought he was the Geico Caveman. Those newfangled scoreboards are tricky contraptions.
It gets better. Fogg's "strategy" prevailed, as UAB missed the front end of the 1&1, and Arizona corralled the rebound for a chance to win. After a Nic Wise missed jumper, Paul Delany rebounded and aimed for a 70-foot Hail Mary heave.
But was fouled. Intentionally. From behind with a full-extension lunging psuedo-tackle by Arizona's Jamelle Horne. The announcers attributed the loss to the confusion, perhaps because Lute Olsen's sudden retirement. They blamed the confusion on coaching.
That could be it. I am sure their replacement coach never bothered to instruct his players not to intentionally foul 70 feet away from the basket in the final second of a tied ballgame!
Bad coaching indeed. Wait... Maybe that is on the player! Ya' think?!?
Arizona boasts one of the nation's longest streak of consecutive NCAA tourney appearances at 19. Many speculated that streak is in jeopardy this year. I disagree. Chase Buddinger has improved a ton mentally...but he is going to need some smarter play around him to salvage a season very early on the brink.
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