When UCLA held a five-point lead with one second to go in the Bruins' Feb. 25 win at McKale Center, UCLA coach Steve Alford called a timeout. UA was taking the ball after two made UCLA free throws, and Alford said he was trying to set his defense because he didn't want anything "goofy" to happen.
"I didn't mean any disrespect at all," Alford said.
UA coach Sean Miller may not have agreed. Because when UA led UCLA 86-75 with a second left to play Friday... he called a timeout.
"I think we learned from UCLA in that game (it's) just making sure your team is poised moving forward," Miller said with apparent dryness. "When they called their timeout late, we wanted to do the same thing. Make sure our team was poised moving forward."
