Following a mid-December pig fight at the United Center, after which Arizona players called foul for Illinois' dirty play, Arizona shut its collective mouth and simply played basketball. Although referees' whistles got the best of starters Richard Jefferson and Gilbert Arenas in the second half, the entire Arizona roster was still standing at game's end. After the game, they talked. Get the scissors handy, Illini players. This is great clipboard material for next year's proposed showdown in Phoenix.
Talk is cheap.
They can talk about how tough they are. I think today skill overpowered toughness. Don't mess with 'Zona. In the end, it beat Illinois at its own game, if the Illini in fact, settled into that at any point during this game. We just didn't play our game today.