Wildcats end game with two on court

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Arizona Plays Two-On-Five ... And Still Almost Wins [Women's College Basketball]
Published 1/4/2008 at Deadspin
... So here's a story that's kind of fun: The Arizona women's basketball team only dressed six players in their game last night. It did not end well. ...

Five things we’re thinking about
Published 1/4/2008 by RandBall at Randball
... 2. The Arizona women’s hoops team finished a game last night with just two players remaining on the court. Is it really legal to only have two basketball players on the court? And isn’t it rather amazing that it went double-OT? When someone wondered aloud who the opponent was, the natural office wisecrack over here was “the Timberwolves.”  (HT: Deadspin). ...

Academics, Injuries, Fouls Force Arizona Women's Hoops Team to Play 5-on-2
Published 1/4/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... Give credit to the Arizona women's basketball team for this: They didn't quit. On Thursday night the Wildcats traveled to Oregon State with just six players available to play. The rest of their players sat out due to academics, injuries or "personal reasons." And as if having only six players available wasn't bad enough, the Wildcats got into foul trouble. Serious foul trouble. Such serious foul trouble that by the time the game got to double overtime, four players had fouled out, and Arizona finished the game with just two players on the floor. I haven't been able to locate ...