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Reporter's take: Twin Cities boring, games were funBy Keith Carmona

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Funniest Moment

When the media floodgates opened to Arizona's locker room for pre-Final Four interviews Friday, the Wildcat reserve players were all donning T-shirts saying, "No comment."

They were sick of doing interviews, tired of having microphones jammed in their faces and truly wished that they didn't have to answer anymore questions about their NCAA Tournament experience.

Forget about Arizona's All-Americans. Freshmen Jason Ranne, Travis Hanour and Andrew Zahn, sophomores Mike Schwertley and redshirt Rick Anderson, and senior John Ash wanted out of the spotlight.

At least that's what their shirts seemed to indicate.

Actually, the T-shirts were an alert to the news reporters and television crew members that just because they didn't play as much, that didn't mean they needed to be avoided.

"In Kansas City and San Antonio, there would be an imaginary line that none of the media would cross, so we figured that we'd make a joke out of the whole situation," Ranne said. "Sure, those are the big dogs over there getting interviewed, but we need some loving, too."

Even funnier, though, was that the T-shirt club kept it a secret from their head coach Lute Olson, who was off doing interviews when they debuted the new apparel.

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