Tempe, Ariz. – Tommy Lloyd and Bobby Hurley met near Midcurt before the game and exchanged jokes.
An afternoon of squeak and a late toño ruined the mood when the rivalry game ended.
Frustrated with Arizona's constant talk, Hurley stirred the players of Arizona State outside the floor after the victory of Highway 81-72 of the Wildcats on Saturday to avoid any additional escalation.
“Right close to our bank, it was a relentless and constant talk of a couple of Arizona players that were not monitored correctly,” said Hurley. “Of course, they will be happy to win, but it was done without class, in my opinion.”
The rivalry of the Territorial Cup had been mostly civil since Lloyd was hired in Arizona in 2021. The latest version did the same for most of the afternoon in Desert Financial Arena, which is not a technical foul in the first half About Jaden Bradley of Arizona by a gesture.
He went crazy when Arizona moved away late.
Thirty -nine minutes of garbage conversation were injured with remaining 30 seconds, when BJ Freeman of Arizona State Butting Butting Arizona's Caleb Love in the lane. Love staggered and started towards Freeman before shouting one of the officials on the whore.
Love then scared in the Bank of the State of Arizona while being held by a teammate and was expelled. The officials reviewed the work for several minutes before expelling Freeman too.
“Obviously, it's disappointing, probably everywhere,” Lloyd said. “When difficult things happen, we want to be a program that responds with the class, and I don't know if we did or not. But it was a difficult time in an emotional game. I have a lot of respect. For Bobby and Arizona State players.”
Hurley did not have the same feeling, at least in the heat of sequelae.
With the last seconds ending, Hurley made his players up the tunnel to the costumes. It was delayed on the baseline for the final entrance game before frantically greeting its remaining players to leave the court instead of shaking the hand.
Arizona's associate chief coach Jack Murphy tried to talk to one of Arizona's state players near Midcurt, but Hurley greeted him with what seemed to be some words of choice.
“The words that were said from one place to another led to the exchange with Freeman and lost their calm with the constant talk that allowed to continue,” said Hurley. “I had to make the decision, in the best interest of our team, to take them to the locker room so that there were no incidents the rest of the game.”
Hurley spoke more things in his press conference after the game, saying that he votes for the All-Big 12 and media members could guess who would not vote, apparently talking about love.
The rivals meet again on March 4 in Tucson, Arizona.
