Arizona’s loss to BYU this past weekend still stings for head coach Tommy Lloyd, but for more than what happened on the court. Immediately following the Cougars’ dramatic one-point victory, Arizona’s student section began a profane chant directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as BYU players headed to the locker room.

In the aftermath of the anti-LDS chants that broke out at the McKale Center in Tucson last weekend, the Big 12 Conference was in discussions with both Arizona and BYU about a response.

The University of Arizona apologized after a portion of the team’s fanbase sang an “unacceptable chant” directed towards Brigham Young University (BYU) following the Wildcats’ men’s basketball team’s defeat at the hands of the Cougars on Saturday.

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Usually the apologies include a line in them, as did the one scratched out by Arizona vice president/athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois, saying: “The chant is not reflectiv

Arizona apologized for fans’ derogatory chants directed at BYU after the Cougars upset the No. 19 Wildcats in a wild 96-95 win Saturday night. Fans in the Arizona student section chanted an expletive and “the Mormons” as BYU players exited the court,

Epics/Getty Images The University of Arizona is apologizing after a “f— the Mormons” chant broke out after a men’s basketball game against Brigham Young University (BYU). Per CNN, part of Arizona’s fa

Profane chant directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints receives condemnation from United Jewish Federation of Utah.