Arizona closed out its nonconference season with two lopsided wins and has been stellar since the start of its first season Big 12 season. The Wildcats pulled out road wins against Cincinnati and West Virginia — both ranked at the time — and stretched their winning streak to seven games with Tuesday's 81-70 win over No. 25 Baylor.
Although Arizona moved to 4-0 after beating UCF 88-80 on Saturday at McKale Center, UA coach Tommy Lloyd said the Wildcats were playing “dumb,” “casual” and “maybe a little bit
The Arizona Wildcats have won six in a row, but Tommy Lloyd is not happy. Arizona built a 14-point lead over UCF in the first half on Saturday night, only to see it dwindle to three at halftime. The Wildcats extended their lead to 17 points in the second half,
Arizona Men's Basketball Coach Tommy Lloyd isn't happy with how his team is playing despite starting 4-0 in the Big 12.
The Arizona Wildcats have kicked away several big leads already this season, and Tommy Lloyd was in no mood to see it happen again Saturday.
Tommy Lloyd, head coach of the University of Arizona, will lead the U19 National Team, with assistants Grant McCasland (Texas Tech) and Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame). The U16 National Team will be led by Scott Fitch (Fairport High School), assisted by Frank Bennett (Chaminade College Prep) and Nick LoGalbo (Lane Technical College Prep).
Share Tweet When is an 88-80 win in a Big 12 Conference game not enough? Well, when Tommy Lloyd says so. And he said so on Saturday night. Emphatically, in fact. No Tommy Lloyd press conference has been like it.
Henri Veesaar scored 19 points and Arizona stretched its winning streak to seven games with an 81-70 victory over No. 25 Baylor.
The Arizona Wildcats have won six in a row, but Tommy Lloyd is not happy ... if somebody would have told me when we got back to Tucson after the UCLA debacle that we would be 4-0 in conference ...
Back in November, not even Tommy Lloyd could have envisioned Henri Veesaar becoming one of Arizona’s best players — and a legit pro prospect — this suddenly.
So even though Awaka had 14 rebounds and eight points against Texas Tech on Saturday, the Wildcats had their seven-game winning streak snapped with a 70-54 loss to the Red Raiders at United Supermarkets Arena that was built largely on UA's season-low rebounding deficit of 16.
So even though Awaka had 14 rebounds and eight points against Texas Tech on Saturday, the Wildcats snapped their seven-game winning streak with a 70-54 loss to the Red Raiders at United Supermarkets Arena that was built largely on UA's season-low rebounding deficit of 16.