Arizona

[X-Expert]

Happy to have a rematch with Coach Miller and Arizona. Also, there is not a single team in this country that I dislike more than Arizona.
The reason why I will explain and should be remembered by others. ARIZONA had a road game scheduled at A-10 ST JOE'S in 1996. ST JOES
had just lost to #1 UMASS in OT & there was snow projected in Philly. Days before the game LUTE OLSEN of Arizona announces the game has been mutually cancelled by both schools. A total lie. COACH MARTELLI of ST JOES went berserk as he never agreed to the cancellation. The crowd showed up on game day at ST JOES. The tipoff happened & ST JOES put in a layup & requested a win by forfeit. The NCAA refused to recognize this and awarded ARIZONA the cancellation. The snowstorm that was predicted never hit & on game day it was raining in Philly with temps in the upper 30s. Other games were played in that area the same day. LUTE OLSEN had privately stated his team could have played, but the OT loss to #1 UMASS - less than a week before ARIZONA was to travel to ST JOES made OLSEN realize this was a losable game for AZ. OLSEN offered to make up the game the following season but MARTELLI told him the only way they would EVER PLAY would be in a Tournament game as ARIZONA had proved to have ABSOLUTELY NO CLASS when they cancelled the ST JOES game. ST JOES pushed the NCAA to have ARIZONA travel to Philly for a makeup date that same season. The NCAA refused. Since then I have hated the NCAA & ARIZONA is my most hated school in the NCAA and COACH MARTELLI and ST JOES to this day is my favorite team aside from XAVIER. ps- I wish we would schedule ST JOES home and away. SO GO XU - DESTROY THOSE COWARDS FROM ARIZONA lINK TO STORY: http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/89/78/11_1_m.html

Never heard that. My favorite Lute Olson story was when Jerry Tarkanian (another saint) was at UNLV he got a verbal from a very high quality player. Very late at night Lute called the player convinced him to sign with Zona. From then on, Tarkanian referred to him as Midnight Lute.

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Arizona beat UC on a more than half court buzzer beater. It was not XU beating Arizona