LOS ANGELES — Twenty minutes after another promising Arizona basketball season ended shy of the Final Four, Caleb Love sat in front of his locker, head bowed, face solemn, eyes wet with tears.
To his left were the gray Kobes with gold trim that Love wore during a cold-shooting first half. At his feet were the colorful green pair of Nikes that he changed into at halftime in an unsuccessful attempt to reverse his mojo.
When a reporter asked Love to describe how a 77-72 Sweet 16 loss to Clemson went so wrong, the Arizona guard was too distraught to answer in complete sentences.