Arizona sports director, desire Reed-Francois, apologized on Saturday evening at the end of the evening in the name of the department of university and athletics after the fans began a derogatory song intended for Byu ‘Interior of the McKale Center by Tucson, Arizona. The song, captured on video and published on social networks, was sung in unison denigrating the guest team and many of its disciples of religion by shouting an explanive and mentioning Mormons.
“We apologize to Byu, their students, coaches and fans,” she said. “The song does not reflect who we are and should not have happened.”
The song was only part of a tense finish in Tucson in which Byu upset the Wildcats, 96-95. The match ended with a delicious call on the Arizona which sent byu to the free throw line with 3.2 seconds to play and a chance to take the lead, and Richie Saunders nailed the two to seal the victory .
“It’s a bad call,” said Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd after the match. “I mean, as it doesn’t matter. What am I going to say?”
Emotions boiled on the post-match and the two teams had to be separated after a brief dust on the ground.
Lloyd did not like the late call who finally decided on the game, but clearly indicated that he did not use the call as an excuse, noting that the official who made the call is “one of the best referees “.
“Recover,” he said. “They scored 93 points at this point on our original field. This is the problem. This is the problem. Me and my staff and my players, that’s the problem. Not the officials. It would have been great To steal a victory if they do not call that, but I still cannot put you in this position. “
