The ultimate seconds of Saturday’s Arizona State-Arizona sport took a short time 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 obtained twisted up with BJ Freeman. The Solar Satan then headbutted Love.
Love and Freeman have 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 depart 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 concerning the ordeal and mentioned he had no selection however to ship his gamers to the locker room early after his opponents confirmed “no class.”
“When 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 proud of profitable, nevertheless it was performed with no class, in my view,” Hurley mentioned after the sport.
“Phrases that have been mentioned forwards and backwards 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 the perfect curiosity of our crew to get them into the locker room so there can be no additional incident the remainder of the sport and within the handshake line.”
Arizona State Solar Devils head coach Bobby Hurley instructs his crew to go to the locker room earlier than the top of a Large 12 males’s basketball sport in opposition to the Arizona Wildcats at Desert Monetary Enviornment Feb. 1, 2025, in Tempe. (Cheryl Evans/The Republic/USA In the present day Community by way of 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 referred to 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 obtained numerous respect for Bobby and Arizona State,” Lloyd mentioned.
The Wildcats improved to 15-6 on the season and 9-1 in Large 12 play, whereas the Solar Devils are 12-9 general 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 Enviornment in Tempe, Ariz. (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
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The groups will meet in a rematch March 4.
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