Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley sent his reserve players and staff to the locker room on Saturday in the last minute of a home loss of 81-72 against his Arizona rival. After the stormy match, Hurley said that the Wildcats won without class and suggested that he would refuse a vote on all the conferences for his best player.
While the last seconds Cochaient, Hurley went to the field and also sent his remaining players in the locker room. He followed, jumping the post-match handshake with Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd and his staff.
It was a bizarre end to a Big 12 game otherwise competitive, but Chippy. Overall, four technical faults were called, including one on Hurley.
“If you were just near our bench, it was a relentless and constant chatter of a few Arizona players who were not properly monitored,” said Hurley at her post-match press conference. “Of course, (Arizona is) which will be satisfied to win, but it was done without class in my opinion.”
With 30 seconds to play and the result decided, the guardian of the Arizona Caleb Love exchanged words with the guardian of the state of the Arizona BJ Freeman. Freeman then from love to the head. After an official exam, the two players were ejected. Hurley sent her players and staff to the locker room shortly after.
Hurley said the chatter led Freeman to lose his composure.
“I had to make a difficult decision, obviously, in the best interest of our team, to bring them into the locker room, so there would be no other incidents the rest of the game and in the handle of hand, “said Hurley.
Lloyd told journalists that the end was “disappointing, probably from all sides”, and that in difficult situations, he expects the Arizona to answer in class. “And I don’t know if we did it or not,” said Lloyd.
Love collected 27 points, six rebounds and seven assists while the Wildcats improved at 15-6 in total and 9-1 in the Big 12. While he concluded his post-match press conference, Hurley underlined that he had a vote for the honors of all the conferences “and I can tell you who does not obtain a vote,” he said, probably referring to love.
The state of Arizona fell to a total of 12-9 and 3-7.
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