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Greg Hansen column: The evidence was clear as it was unfolding — Arizona didn't play with the requisite effort and fight to beat a Princeton team that, deceivingly, didn't look the part.

Greg Hansen Of the million little things that defied basketball logic Thursday in Sacramento, the most baffling might’ve been that Princeton blocked six Arizona shots.Who was David and who was Goliath? Princeton is ranked No. 234th in height efficiency by Kenpom.com. Arizona is ranked No. 5 in the size metrics.How does that happen?

Casual might be good on the beach, but this is March, this is madness. There is no beach, no place for casual. It wasn’t much different than Princeton’s 1996 first-round stunner over Pac-10 champion UCLA. On March 15, 1996, the Los Angeles Times wrote that the Bruins “refused to hustle" in their 45-43 loss to Princeton.

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