For Star subscribers: This isn't a season where Arizona will need to worry about too much.
Greg Hansen Two UA students sitting adjacent to press row were unusually visible Sunday at McKale Center. In a routine victory over the historically hapless Cal Bears, the two Zona Zoo-ers alternated between giddy and skittish.The two impassioned young men had bet the over-under point total and didn’t cover their successful bet until the final minute. They embraced one another, raised their fists to the ceiling and were probably the only people who left McKale full of joy.
“What is learned through struggle is far more important than what comes easy,’’ he said, which is something straight out of the John Wooden coaching manual. “My favorite team lost to Utah — yes, Utah, a team that lost 20 games last year!’’ they would cry. “And they struggled to beat a Cal team that lost to UC-San Diego, which then lost back-to-back games to Navy and Youngstown State. I’m freaking out here.’’
1982-83: Exactly 25 years later, Arizona opened the season losing 104-63 to Houston, which triggered the historic nickname “Phi Slama Jama.’’ The Wildcats lost 15 straight and went 4-24. On Sunday, the Bears either launched a desperation shot or had the shot clock expire four times in the first seven minutes. Nobody scores 100 against Fox.
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