Defense, Lyons guide Arizona Wildcats to 74-51 win, Sweet 16
SALT LAKE CITY — Mark Lyons sat by his locker in EnergySolutions Arena, a few droplets of blood spattered on his white shorts.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Mark Lyons sat by his locker in EnergySolutions Arena, a few droplets of blood spattered on his white shorts.
SALT LAKE CITY — The sixth-seed Arizona Wildcats was nearly perfect in the first half against 14th-seed Harvard, and went into the locker room with a 40-22 lead.
SALT LAKE CITY — Harvard doesn’t have much of a basketball legacy.
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s cold, and snowy here.
SALT LAKE CITY — Belmont was supposed to be Arizona’s kryptonite, with its top-of-the-line 3-point shooting offense.
SALT LAKE CITY— Arizona against Harvard: not exactly the matchup any reasonable person expected.
SALT LAKE CITY — Belmont was supposed to be Arizona’s kryptonite, with its top-of-the-line 3-point shooting offense.
Despite a valiant effort from Belmont late in the second half, Arizona held on for a 81-64 win at EnergySolutions Arena.
SALT LAKE CITY — The sixth-seed Arizona Wildcats went into halftime leading Belmont 32-20, powered by a 11-2 run to close out the half.
The Good: 1997 squad
For college basketball fans, this is the best time of the year: March Madness, the mecca of college basketball.
And so it begins.
During Sunday’s Selection Show on CBS, when the announcement came that a sixth-seeded Arizona would face 11th-seed Belmont in the West region’s first round, studio analyst Seth Davis quickly retorted that Belmont would upset the Wildcats.
Derrick Williams carried the Arizona Wildcats to the Elite Eight in 2011, but it was Jordin Mayes who made the difference.
LAS VEGAS — So, how about that ride in?
LAS VEGAS — The 18th-ranked Arizona Wildcats are a lock for the NCAA tournament, and have been for most of the season.
LAS VEGAS — As Oregon head coach Dana Altman excitedly spoke to his team in the locker room shortly after winning the Pac-12 Championship, the Ducks were noticeably missing a teammate.
LAS VEGAS — The Arizona Wildcats need Nick Johnson to produce.
Arizona Wildcats seniors Solomon Hill and Mark Lyons made the All-Pac-12 first team that was announced today.
Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom stood at the end of Arizona’s bench, Hill’s right arm draped around Parrom’s shoulder, and each grinning from ear to ear.