LAS VEGAS—Courtney Ramey had missed all four of his previous 3-point attempts Saturday night, March 11, when the ball wound up back in his hands at the most critical moment.
Ramey shook a defender and then calmly drilled one from the top of the key with 16.7 seconds left to put Arizona in front. The eighth-ranked Wildcats hung on from there, beating No. 2 UCLA 61–59 in the Pac-12 championship game.
“I kept telling myself, the next shot is going in,” Ramey said. “My job was to make a play.”
The Wildcats (28–6) boosted their case for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA (29–5) still hopes to land the No. 1 seed in the West and return to Las Vegas in two weeks for the regional….