Will WadeThe players were in study hall and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coach Will Wade began preparations for the basketball Mocs’ next game.
He didn’t have the 106-65 whipping at UCLA out of his system Monday afternoon.
It still hurt.
“We got annihilated,” Wade said from the Mocs’ hotel in Los Angeles. “There’s not much to explain. We were beaten at every position, and we didn’t compete like we needed to.”
The Mocs (2-3) took a step backward after progressing in each of their first four games, including an 83-81 loss two nights earlier at Nevada on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from 25 feet away. In that one, UTC competed, fought and led a superior team for most of the game.