1. Hunt-ing Season, McNichols Arena, Denver, 1989. Sean Elliott’s final game as a Wildcat was a tearjerker. The 29-3 Wildcats seemed to survive a fierce defensive battle, leading Tark’s Rebels 67-65 with 15 seconds to play.
But after a traveling call on Arizona, the Rebels worked the ball to shooting guard Anderson Hunt, who banged into UA guard Kenny Lofton, knocking Lofton to the ground. Or was it a flop? Referee Ed Hightower did not make a call.
Hunt released a 3-pointer as the clock went from 4 to 3 seconds.
“The second it went off his hand,” Olson said, “it looked like it was dead-center to me. It was going in.” And it did. UNLV won 68-67.
Olson was asked if it was bitter, the end of a two-year run behind Elliott, the national player of the year, and a 64-7 record.
“Bitter?” he replied. “Let’s see a show of hands. How many of you would think it was bitter?”
