Former Arizona Wildcats head coach Lute Olson and his wife Kelly chat with a friend as they take in the Arizona and California game at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Arizona won 73-50.

Not only was Lute Olson taking in Thursday’s game while sitting directly on the Arizona-side baseline along with wife Kelly, but he also received a “bonus” at halftime.

USC staffers set up a table right in front of Olson that featured a fan trying to move pingpong balls with a spoon in his mouth. The fan’s goal was to spoon over more pingpong balls to another bowl than USC guard Elijah Stewart did during a taped segment.

The entire contest — and Olson — was shown on the Galen Center videoboard as fans cheered. Stewart won, however. 


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