Arizona’s loss to BYU this past weekend still stings for head coach Tommy Lloyd, but for more than what happened on the court. Immediately following the Cougars’ dramatic one-point victory, Arizona’s student section began a profane chant directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as BYU players headed to the locker room.

It's a fine line between success and failure in the Big 12, as the Arizona Wildcats have learned over the past two weeks. Arizona has lost three of its last fo

The Arizona Wildcats are navigating a jam-packed Big 12 conference, where every game feels like a boxing match. Teams like Iowa State and Houston set the standard for physicality within the conference.

Prior to Saturday, Arizona was 43-1 under Tommy Lloyd when it scored 90 points in a game. After facing BYU, however, that record is now 43-2. Lloyd’s No. 19-ranked Wildcats fell in dramatic, 96-95 fashion to the Cougars Saturday night in Tucson, with a controversial foul call leading to the eventual game-winning free throws from Richie Saunders.

On a day of college hoops that featured massive SEC clashes, the second Saint Mary’s-Gonzaga matchup of the season, and a non-conference showdown at MSG between Duke and Illinois, the game of the day was without question a late-night tip-off between Arizona and BYU.

In a game that had 137 possessions and nearly 200 points, a foul called with 3.2 seconds left ended up deciding the outcome. Or did it? While Tommy Lloyd disagreed with the foul called on Trey Townsend that allowed BYU to win 96-95,