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Pat Forde

Jaden Bradley’s Buzzer Beater in Arizona–Iowa State Proved the Big 12 Didn’t Need a Gimmick

Arizona Jaden Bradley Iowa State the Big 12 Big 12 Milan Momcilovic Tommy Lloyd Anthony DellOrso Basketball Brett Yormark

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is why the Big 12 should never gimmick up its men’s basketball. It’s too good in its pure form. Let the teams play in the proper conditions, and the product sells itself.

Arizona 82, Iowa State 80 in the Big 12 tournament semifinals, played on God’s own hardwood, was the best game of this 2025–26 season, anywhere. It was fine art, high drama and raw emotion. It ended on a well-defended buzzer beater by Jaden Bradley that spilled the Wildcats’ bench into a delirious dogpile right in front of the school cheerleaders. Boffo ending.

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