The Arizona Wildcats committed more fouls on Saturday night than in any other game this season. Two of their most important players, freshmen Nico Mannion and Zeke Nnaji, spent large amounts of time on the bench in the second half because of foul trouble.
And they shot below 40 percent for the fourth time in the last six games, putting forth another abysmal performance from beyond the arc, while turning it over 16 times.
And none of that mattered. Not with how Arizona played on defense and made the most of the fouls it drew against the Stanford Cardinal.