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Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano

Canzano: Jackson Shelstad's walk is worth a study

Keep an eye on Arizona.

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John Canzano
Mar 25, 2026
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Dana Altman and Jackson Shelstad at the end of the 2024-2025 basketball season. (Photo: Tim Healy)

Here was coach Tommy Lloyd on Tuesday, minding his own business at the San Jose Regional of the NCAA Tournament, when a reporter asked him how he felt about basketball Goliath piledriving David out of the Sweet 16.

There are no mid-major programs left in the men’s bracket.

Zero.

Second-straight season.

No. 1-seed Arizona’s coach appeared surprised by the question. Maybe because it’s hardly his fault. Still, Lloyd gave an answer that dovetailed with Jackson Shelstad’s announced departure from the University of Oregon later the same day.

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