
Remember last week when I wrote about how an unnecessary UC Riverside buzzer-beater was a lock for the worst beat of this 2022-23 college basketball season? Well, it may have some new competition.
Thursday night’s Pac-12 matchup between the No. 5 Arizona Wildcats and Washinton State Cougars was going about as expected — the Wildcats were cruising to a comfortable win, and the overmatched Cougars were failing to cover the spread. But just as Zona, up by eight points with under seven seconds remaining, appeared seconds away from covering the spread (-5.5) and landing bettors some extra money, this happened: