Arizona's Caleb Love, KJ Lewis and Jackson Cook were regulars at Tucson's Lucky Strike Bowl in the offseason, and returned Wednesday to enjoy a brief break from the basketball season.
Caleb Love has had quite a night and he may have just hit the shot of the year in college basketball. Love's Arizona Wildcats trailed the Iowa State Cyclones 71–68 with 2.2 seconds left after ISU's Joshua Jefferson made a free throw.
Love has had a solid college career. He was the second leading scorer on the UNC team that made a surprise run to the Final Four in 2022 and was the best player on an Arizona team that reached the Sweet 16 last year. He might never have had a more highlight-packed game than what he did on Monday night, though.
Arizona players and coaches kept prodding Caleb Love to keep shooting, even on a night when he missed nine of his first 10 3-pointers. So he did, making some McKale
Arizona needed a prayer, and guard Caleb Love answered. His buzzer beater to force overtime helped push Arizona past No. 3 Iowa State.
Arizona basketball star Caleb Love opened up on his miracle shot to force overtime in the win against No. 3 Iowa State.
Caleb Love absolutely stunned the Cyclones on Monday night.
Arizona, a preseason Top 10 team, has been looking for a big win ever since a brutal stretch in late November, when the Wildcats lost four of five games, three of them to unranked teams. Since then, they’ve won 10 of their last 11.
College basketball fans are getting the full Caleb Love experience Monday night. After going 1-of-10 from the 3-point line over the first 39 minutes and 58 seconds of the game, Love drained a 60-footer from beyond halfcourt at the buzzer to pull Arizona into a 71-71 tie with Iowa State and send the game into overtime.
Iowa State withstood a game that was more like a wrestling match and made the key plays down the stretch, taking a three-point lead with 20 seconds left. Another hard-fought road win within their grasp,
The Chicago Bears had a strong brass in attendance for the week of practice at the Senior Bowl this week, including general manager Ryan Poles. The bulk of the scouting party reportedly spent the majority of the time focusing on the battles in the trenches and for good reason.