Arizona’s 88-41 loss to Arizona State in Thursday’s women’s basketball game was the second-worst loss in school history. The Wildcats lost 95-44 to Washington in 1988, a 51-point margin.
Worse, Niya Butts’ team pushed its recent streak against the Sun Devils to 2-18. It’s difficult to remember that Arizona beat ASU 14 consecutive times in women’s basketball from 1994-2000.
Furthermore, sitting on ASU’s bench Thursday was Salpointe grad Sybil Dosty, an ASU grad who is now a graduate assistant on the Sun Devils staff.
Though it’s not that popular, if nothing else, UA women’s basketball matters in Territorial Cup points. Here’s how much it matters around campus: The universities’ law schools have their own “Territorial Cup” every November. It is called the Jenckes Closing Argument Competition. Arizona has won five consecutive “Jenckes Cups,” coached by professor Tom Mauet. The trophy is on display in the Cracchiolo Law Library on the UA campus.
Maybe Greg Byrne can get some Territorial Cup credit for that.
