Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted March 16 From the Arizona 247 Sports site.... LAS VEGAS - Arizona lost 67-59 to Oregon on Friday night in the Semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament as the Wildcats struggled to get anything going in the second half. "We just didn't get it done today," Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd said. "You've got to give Oregon credit. They did a great job hanging in that game and dealing with some adversity. It's unfortunate for them, their best player or one of their better players goes down early in the game, but that kid showed some character and some toughness to come back in. Obviously he was a big difference in the game. "We had opportunities early to extend the lead and we didn't and then we had opportunities in the second half to make a run and we didn't. So when you don't, that's the results. I tip my hat to Oregon and Dana Altman. They did a good job and they were the deserving team today." Oregon out-rebounded Arizona by 10 in the second half and the Wildcats seemed to lack their normal movement on offense. "They did a good job playing defensively with their hands, and they got their hands on a lot of balls where we maybe had a slight advantage," Lloyd said. "They were able to use their hands to knock the ball loose, and those are good defensive plays. "On the glass, you know, we just kind of got a little bit stagnant on offense and guys were standing around. When that happens, it's usually hard to offensive rebound. And so they were able to control the glass at that end. "Defensively they were getting downhill into our chest and then we just -- you shoot those shots. They're hard rebounds. Traditionally we've been really good at rebounding those close little floaters and stuff like that. We just couldn't seem to corral one today." The Ducks found success with a zone in the second half and the Wildcats failed to attack the rim. "We just got stagnant," Lloyd said. "We got a little bit stagnant. Generally that's not us. When it happened, maybe we had a few shots we hope we usually make and we didn't. He (Dante) was kind of a force around the basket, protecting the rim and kind of raised a couple of layups. Maybe that got in the back of some of our guys' heads, but give him credit. They run their little matchup-to-man zone defense pretty well, and tonight it worked." For the first time all season, Arizona failed to get up 50 shot attempts. "Turnovers and a slow pace," Lloyd said. "Once they were able to kind of get the game at their pace, and that lead, they were able to kind of shorten the game. That's what good coaching, what that will do. Credit goes to them, but we're going to have to take a deep look at that because definitely we want to -- we definitely want to get more shot attempts than 50." 2 2 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 2 Share Posted March 16 Yardbarker's take on the great win. Looking ahead it was B1G over B12 with another chance to defeat a B12 team tonight. Oregon upsets No. 6 Arizona in Pac-12 semifinals WWW.YARDBARKER.COM LAS VEGAS -- Fourth-seeded Oregon overcame a 14-point, first-half deficit and an early injury to N'Faly Dante to eliminate sixth-ranked Arizona 67-59 in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
