Before Thursday\u2019s game, Lloyd was asked his reaction to the 32-year-old news that Wilbur blew out his ACL when Arkansas\u2019 mascot tackled him during the 1994 Final Four matchup between Arizona and the Razorbacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas he able to play through the ACL tear?\u201d Lloyd asked.<\/p>\n
Told no, Lloyd came up with an idea, apparently from having seen a few billboards.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there a statute of limitations or can we get a lawsuit on that?\u201d Lloyd said. “I think he should get a good lawyer. Call Rafi, maybe? That’s a name I see a lot in Arizona. I don’t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pregame party zone<\/p>\n
While UA fans dominated the Old Wagon Saloon & Grill during the school\u2019s official pregame gathering, they did have some company.<\/p>\n
Just down the street at San Jose\u2019s San Pedro Square, a TV crew was filming a large Arkansas fan gathering, while Texas fans gathered around the corner in another bar decorated with burnt orange balloons.<\/p>\n
Arizona’s gathering appeared to have the biggest crowd, however, with the UA band and mascots making appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kerr sighting<\/p>\n
Thanks to perfect timing in the NBA schedule, Warriors coach and former UA star Steve Kerr was among the attendees at Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
The Warriors beat Brooklyn at home on Thursday and were scheduled to host Washington on Friday, leaving Thursday night free.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr gestures to his team during the first half against the Brooklyn Nets in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jed Jacobsohn, Associated Press<\/p>\n
Kerr, who has developed a strong friendship with Lloyd, has attended UA games over the past years when possible, even watching the Wildcats take on the Lebanon national team in an August 2023 exhibition game at Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Thursday\u2019s game, Lloyd was asked his reaction to the 32-year-old news that Wilbur blew out his ACL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[13689,2454,895,13675,88,90,89,127,52192],"class_list":["post-239214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-basketball","tag-men","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sports","tag-university-of-arizona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}