The ultimate seconds of Saturday’s Arizona State-Arizona sport took a short while to complete as a consequence of some drama on the courtroom and the benches.
With roughly 30 seconds left within the sport and the Wildcats up 81-72, Arizona’s Caleb Love bought snarled with BJ Freeman. The Solar Satan then headbutted Love.
Love and Freeman had been ejected, however because the mud continued to settle between each groups, ASU head coach Bobby Hurley ordered all of the gamers on his bench to go to the locker room.
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Bobby Hurley and Tommy Lloyd (Getty Photos/Imagn)
Because the Wildcats dribbled out the ultimate seconds, Hurley ordered his assistant coaches to go away the bench, leaving simply him on the bench and 5 Solar Devils on the courtroom.
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Seconds earlier than the standard handshake line, Hurley then waved off Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, and each squads went into their respective locker rooms.
Hurley was requested in regards to the ordeal and mentioned he had no alternative however to ship his gamers to the locker room early after his opponents confirmed “no class.”
“Should you look proper close to our bench, it was relentless fixed chatter from a few the Arizona gamers that was not being policed correctly. After all, they’re going to be pleased with successful, but it surely was finished with no class, in my view,” Hurley mentioned after the sport.
“Phrases that had been mentioned backwards and forwards led to the second the place Freeman misplaced his cool, due to the fixed discuss that was allowed to go on. I needed to make a troublesome resolution in one of the best curiosity of our group to get them into the locker room so there could be no additional incident the remainder of the sport and within the handshake line.”
Arizona State Solar Devils head coach Bobby Hurley instructs his group to go to the locker room earlier than the tip of a Massive 12 males’s basketball sport in opposition to the Arizona Wildcats at Desert Monetary Area Feb. 1, 2025, in Tempe. (Cheryl Evans/The Republic/USA In the present day Community through Imagn Photos)
Hurley then completed his press convention with a parting shot, maybe at Love.
“I do get a vote for the All-Convention, and I can let you know who’s not getting a vote,” he mentioned.
Lloyd known as the ordeal “disappointing on all sides.”
“We need to be a program that when robust issues occur, we need to reply with class. I don’t know if we did or didn’t, however only a robust second in an emotional sport. I bought plenty of respect for Bobby and Arizona State,” Lloyd mentioned.
The Wildcats improved to 15-6 on the season and 9-1 in Massive 12 play, whereas the Solar Devils are 12-9 total and 3-7 in opposition to convention opponents.
Arizona State Solar Devils head coach Bobby Hurley removes his tie throughout a sport in opposition to the Arizona Wildcats Feb. 1, 2025, at Desert Monetary Area in Tempe, Ariz. (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
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The groups will meet in a rematch March 4.
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