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Both Love and ASU's BJ Freeman were ejected with 30 seconds left in the Wildcats' 81-72 win on Saturday at Tempe after Freeman head-butted Love and a heated exchange followed.

Officials ruled over the public-address system that Freeman was ejected for a Flagrant 2 foul but said only that Love "was also ejected," leading to speculation that Love might have been tossed for picking up two technical fouls during his response. A Big 12 spokesman said Sunday that both Freeman and Love were assessed Flagrant 2 fouls.

While Love's response did not appear to include contact on Freeman, the NCAA's definition of a Flagrant 2 foul also includes "extreme unsporting conduct" without contact during a live or dead ball.

Saying the Wildcats won with "no class," ASU coach Bobby Hurley said Freeman's head-butting resulted from chatter from Arizona players.

"Words that were said back and forth led to the moment where Freeman lost it, lost his cool, because of the constant talk that was allowed to go on," Hurley said.

When told of Hurley's comments, Love said he didn't know anything about it and that the Wildcats always respected their opponents.

"It was just two competitors going at it," Love said. “It escalated and the refs made a call. ... We just compete. It was a great atmosphere, great game and we came out on top.�

UA coach Tommy Lloyd said after Saturday's game that he had not seen video of it yet, but that the incident was "disappointing, probably on all sides."

“We want to be a program that, when the tough things happen, we want to respond with class," Lloyd said. "I don’t know if we did or didn’t but it was just a tough moment in an emotional game.�