“I didn’t expect, but I’ll take it.”
That’s how Tommy Lloyd began his press conference after Arizona’s 104-50 win over UT-Rio Grande Valley on Friday night, his second as the Wildcats’ head coach.
Turns out Lloyd had prepared the Wildcats for what he thought would be a physical game that would test their toughness. Instead they were the ones that asserted their will on the overmatched Vaqueros.
“What I was looking for from this game is, it’s gonna be a street fight,” Lloyd said. “Are we down for a street fight, because to be a great team you can play fast and do all these things that are cute, but unless you’re down to street fight, you’re gonna have nights where you get out toughed, and I didn’t want our team to get punched tonight.