Following a tough loss to Oregon in Saturday night’s Pac-12 Tournament final, Arizona coach Chip Hale saw a lot of hung heads in the postgame huddle out in left field at Scottsdale Stadium. He knew his team had just given its all, only to come up short, and the fear was that losing in the final might keep the Wildcats from making the NCAA tourney.
“I had a lot of guys that were really down after that game,” Hale said. “And I said, ‘get your heads up.’ I said we’re a deserving team, the committee will see this.