After starting the season 4-5 and dropping off the national radar, the Arizona Wildcats have roared back to life over the past month. Arizona (14-6, 8-1) has wo

Arizona Wildcats guard Caleb Love (1) is surrounded by teammates and Rem Bakamus, assistant coach, left, after hitting a last second shot to take the game into overtime during a game against Iowa State at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. on January 27, 2025. Arizona won in overtime 86-75.

Arizona, a preseason Top 10 team, has been looking for a big win ever since a brutal stretch in late November, when the Wildcats lost four of five games, three of them to unranked teams. Since then, they’ve won 10 of their last 11.

Arizona needed a prayer, and guard Caleb Love answered. His buzzer beater to force overtime helped push Arizona past No. 3 Iowa State.

Caleb Love sank a 55-foot shot at the buzzer in regulation to force overtime and then made two more 3-pointers in the extra session to lead Arizona to a 86-75 victory over No. 3 Iowa State on Monday in Tucson,

Arizona basketball star Caleb Love opened up on his miracle shot to force overtime in the win against No. 3 Iowa State.

The Wildcats star not only hit a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime that finally put No. 3 Iowa State away, but he drained a ridiculous desperation buzzer-beater from well beyond the half-court line to even force the extra period.

Tommy Lloyd is a straight shooter. In fact, LeBron James used those exact words when he was asked why his son, Bryce James, committed to the Arizona Wildcats.

Love has had a solid college career. He was the second leading scorer on the UNC team that made a surprise run to the Final Four in 2022 and was the best player on an Arizona team that reached the Sweet 16 last year. He might never have had a more highlight-packed game than what he did on Monday night, though.

Caleb Love trotted back, his head down, shoulders slumped after the latest of his missed 3-pointers clanged the back rim. Known for taking and making big shots, Love hit one of the biggest of his career — and Arizona's season — with a tying heave from beyond half-court at the end of regulation.

Caleb Love sank a 55-foot shot at the buzzer in regulation to force OT, then led Arizona to an 86-75 victory over Iowa State on Monday in Tucson.