Arizona came into Saturday’s game having won by 12 on the road two days earlier, while Oregon had lost by 17 at home. You wouldn’t have known those were the teams’ previous scores based on how this one went.
“The more desperate team was the better team today,” Tommy Lloyd said on his postgame radio show after the Wildcats lost 87-68 to the Ducks, their most lopsided loss in Lloyd’s two seasons.
Our full recap can be found here. Below is what Lloyd said about the loss.
On Oregon playing so well after a big loss to ASU: “They’ve had a little bit of an up and down season and obviously Thursday they got a thumping.