Arizona had trouble guarding anybody in the first half, slow to rotate out to shooters, allowing UCLA to repeatedly get to the rim.
The Wildcats looked like an entirely different team in the second half, contesting shots, bumping the Bruins off the ball, harassing them for every inch.
The difference wasn’t some adjustment or change in scheme. It was just a matter of intensity and attention to detail.
“We had the same players and the same scheme, we just did it at a much better level,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said after the 17th-ranked Wildcats outlasted UCLA 81-75 on Friday night.