Sure, it was a wakeup call, except the phone reached over and punched them in the gut.
Yeah, it was a teaching moment, except it ended with them curled up under a blackboard and spitting out chalk.
There are lots of ways to look at third-ranked UCLA’s deflating 96-85 loss to No. 14 Arizona at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, but perhaps the best way would be to actually look at Pauley Pavilion.
When the game began, the building was filled and rocking with an energy rarely felt here in recent years. The eight-clap was a roar.