Top ranked Arizona and UCLA in a heavyweight matchup on the Bruins home court ended up being everything that you could ask for in a college basketball game. The Cats remained undefeated, beating the Bruins 79-75 and moved to 16-0, the best start since 1931-32 season.
Nick Johnson led the offensive attack with 22 points. The Cats shot 53 percent for the game.
Head coach Sean Miller was very pleased with the win, “we embrace it, we haven’t gotten anything from being number one, if we aren’t ready Sunday against USC on Sunday they will beat us”.
UCLA went on a 13-0 run over a three minute span late in the second half to tie the game at 68.
It’s really too bad that these two teams won’t meet again in the regular season. In a scheduling decision, UCLA won’t travel to Tucson this season.
As a fan of the game, I’m hoping that the two schools will meet again at some point during the Pac-12 Tourney in March.
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Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.