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Photos: Unrest at Main Gate after Arizona Elite Eight loss
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Photos: Unrest at Main Gate after Arizona Elite Eight loss

  • Mar 30, 2014
  • Mar 30, 2014 Updated Apr 15, 2015
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About a half hour after Arizona's overtime loss to Wisconsin in the NCAA Men's Basketball West regional final, fans near Main Gate at the UA became unruly. Before too long, bottles were tossed, police in riot gear were using pepper spray and arrests were made. 

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

A one man stands in the middle of University as a line of Tucson Police Officers approach trying to clear hundreds of rowdy University of Arizona fans in Maingate Square, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tucson Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

One man confronts the line of advancing Tucson Police Officers as they try to disperse an unruly crowd of disappointed fans in Maingate Square, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tucson Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

A woman calls out to Tucson Police Officers as they fire pepper balls around her as police try to break up a crowd of rowdy fans in Maingate Square, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tucson Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

Burning objects are thrown towards a Tucson Police Department line as they try to disperse hundred of unruly fans n Maingate Square, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tucson Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

Tucson Police officers rush out of their line to take a man into custody who had been taunting them and riling up a crowd of fans in Maingate Square, March 29, 2014.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

University of Arizona vs Wisconsin

among fans along in Maingate Square, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tucson Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

A Tucson Police Officer speaks with a man recently subdued by the TPD follow the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

A Tucson Police Officer tackles a man during the disturbance following the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

A Tucson Police Officers grab a man during the disturbance following the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

Seth Comer, an UA senior, throws his hands in the air and yells during the disturbance following the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

A man stands on the front bumper of a TPD cruiser with his hands in the air during the disturbance following the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD deals with crowd after UA Men's Basketball loss

TPD officers grab a man during the disturbance following the UA loss in the Elite Eight on University Boulevard on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. The man had been standing in front of the police line and took many riot control bullets to the torso. (Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star)

Ryan Revock/for the Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

UA Riot

UA Riot

Students clashed against Tucson Police officers after on University Avenue on March 29, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. after the Wildcat loss to Wisconsin. Projectiles were thrown at police from the crowd on the street.

Carlos Herrera / For The Arizona Daily Star

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