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Archive for January, 2011
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Wildcats tested by nation’s track elite at Razorback Invite
It was a busy weekend for the University of Arizona track & field team. The Wildcats set a new school record, three nation-leading marks, and a second-place national mark. And along the way, recorded a number of personal-best times. It all happened at the Razorback Invitational at the University of Arkansas, where the Cats got [...] -
ASU’s football recruiting class takes a couple of late hits
A new crack just showed up in the foundation of ASU’s 2011 football recruiting class, as the Sun Devils just lost a kid who might have made an early impact on the defensive side. It’s inevitable that there will be kids who change their minds as the clock winds down the last few days before [...] -
GCU basketball teams get big games from men & women
It was a banner night for Grand Canyon University basketball yesterday. Home-court advantage finally paid off for the Grand Canyon men’s basketball team (9-6, 4-1), as they beat Chaminade last night to hand the Silverswords their first league loss this season, 66-57, and lock in second place in the PacWest. And it was Chaminade’s first [...] -
UA head coach reaches Elite 8 in nat’l free-throw contest
Arizona has just one representative in the nationwide free-throw competition among college coaches called “Shots from the Heart.” But it looks like we’ve got a good one. University of Arizona head coach, Sean Miller, has made it to the Elite Eight in the contest that has drawn coaches from 64 colleges across the country who [...] -
Gilbert Christian coach’s firing similar to UConn $$ mess
Once again, we are struck by the similarities between high school athletics and what happens at the college level, thanks to recent events at Gilbert Christian High School and the University of Connecticut. Unfortunately, in this case, it’s an example of the darker side of school sports. And it isn’t a pretty picture. A hot [...] -
NAU basketball facing toughest week of the season
It’s gut-check time for the Lumberjacks. The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team is staring down the part of their schedule that has them matching up with the Big Sky’s top three teams in the span of just six days. And, frankly, it’s hard tell whether the Jacks are up to the task. They enjoyed a [...] -
Arizona gets narrow win in gymnastics Duel in Desert
The Arizona State gymnastics squad managed to close the gap with University of Arizona, but couldn’t quite pull off the win in this year’s Duel in the Desert. A narrow win for the Wildcats picked up a full point in the State Farm Territorial Cup competition, thanks in part to three Sun Devil falls in [...] -
Another 20-win season is fading fast for ASU’s Sendek
Consistency. That’s the hard part of succeeding in sports. Up one year, down the next doesn’t get it done. Particularly at the college and pro levels. Just ask Herb Sendek. The ASU head basketball coach was voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year last season for taking his Sun Devils to a second-place finish in [...] -
AZ colleges debut new sports programs for track, baseball
The options in Arizona are growing for high school athletes who want to move on to play at the college level. Two new sports programs debut this weekend, as Grand Canyon University launches its new track & field program and Arizona Christian University throws out the first ball in its new baseball program. Arizona Christian [...] -
Is Josiah Turner giving UA hoops coaches 5-Star doubts?
Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller picked up his first-ever 5-star recruit on September 19, when a Top 25 combo guard named Josiah Turner made up his mind to play for the Wildcats. He was the prize catch of the 2011 recruiting class and the player expected to be a key piece to Miller’s rebuilding project [...]
