The Wildcats had an extra day of practice before Sunday’s game, which gave them some extra time to distance themselves from their big sweep in Los Angeles last weekend. UA coach Sean Miller said the aftermath of the Wildcats’ win at UCLA was at least a small factor in their choppy performance against Washington State on Thursday.
“A little bit,” he said. “But if you’re trying to be an excellent team, those are the teams that have that part figured out. Over the long haul of a 31-game regular season it’s not going to be perfect. There’s times when it’s going to be sloppy.
“Even if you’re a great defensive team — we’ve had some great defensive teams that have had bad defensive games. … We weren’t at our best (Thursday). Credit Washington State, and also we’re trying to work through some things. If you watch us a few weeks from now, we’ll be that much further along.”
