Arizona’s loss to BYU this past weekend still stings for head coach Tommy Lloyd, but for more than what happened on the court. Immediately following the Cougars’ dramatic one-point victory, Arizona’s student section began a profane chant directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as BYU players headed to the locker room.

In the aftermath of the anti-LDS chants that broke out at the McKale Center in Tucson last weekend, the Big 12 Conference was in discussions with both Arizona and BYU about a response.

It's a fine line between success and failure in the Big 12, as the Arizona Wildcats have learned over the past two weeks. Arizona has lost three of its last fo

Arizona Men’s Basketball Coach Tommy Lloyd responded to the offensive chants directed at BYU players following the Wildcats’ loss over the weekend. Coach Lloyd called the chants more disappointing than the loss itself.

Prior to Saturday, Arizona was 43-1 under Tommy Lloyd when it scored 90 points in a game. After facing BYU, however, that record is now 43-2. Lloyd’s No. 19-ranked Wildcats fell in dramatic, 96-95 fashion to the Cougars Saturday night in Tucson, with a controversial foul call leading to the eventual game-winning free throws from Richie Saunders.

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd wasn't a fan of the foul call that sent BYU's Richie Saunders to the line late in Saturday's game.

On a day of college hoops that featured massive SEC clashes, the second Saint Mary’s-Gonzaga matchup of the season, and a non-conference showdown at MSG between Duke and Illinois, the game of the day was without question a late-night tip-off between Arizona and BYU.