Arizona apologize for anti-Mormon chants after team’s loss to BYU
- Cougars upset win came after controversial calls
- Around 98% of BYU students are Mormons
Arizona have apologized after some of the team’s fans directed abuse at BYU after the Cougars’ upset victory over the Wildcats on Saturday.
The game, in Arizona’s home arena, ended in controversy after a number of calls went BYU’s way. As the players left the court chants of “Fuck the Mormons” could be heard around the McKale Center. Around 98% of BYU’s student body are Mormons and the university is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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