I do think it is legitimately shocking to have Utah only down by 1 with 12 minutes left. Even though that's a lot of time, there's no way this Utah team should be that close to this Arizona team at that point.

Article wasn't linked so didn't read it. But if it starts out with something like

"Arizona is a top 5 team in the country, one of the bluest of blue bloods. Utah hasn't experienced much success in the last twenty years and is currently in a state of transition, with a new coach and losing X number of players from last year's squad. But anyone who expected it to be an easy Arizona win had to be fighting back shock as an upset-minded Utah closed the gap to 1 with 12:xx remaining. With a little over ten minutes, Arizona needed to respond or fall prey to an embarrassing upset. And respond they did, going on a 21-0 run over the next XX:xx to effectively salt the game away and turn back Utah's audacious attempt"