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NAU basketball…’environment of fear’ under Mike Adras
We finally know why head coach Mike Adras abruptly resigned just nine games into the season, leaving the Northern Arizona men’s basketball team in the hands of a 70-year-old former women’s coach who was pulled from retirement to finish out the season. But it took a hard-nosed inquiry by Flagstaff’s Daily Sun newspaper to unearth [...] -
Are Wildcats snakebit? Kevin Parrom done for the season
For a basketball team that plays in the desert, the term “snakebit” seems to be a perfect way to describe the Arizona Wildcats right now. The term refers to someone, or a particular situation, that is unlucky… “prone to misfortune.” And, after Kevin Parrom broke his foot in Saturday’s game with Washington, it’s beginning to [...] -
Arizona Christian wins 253-pt hoops game in double OT
Arizona Christian University just put together enough footage for a highlight reel for this year’s basketball season – all in one game. How about a game featuring 253 combined points? And for the fan who gets his excitement from watching those long, rainbow shots that singe the nets from behind the arc… there were 36 [...] -
UA basketball loss to Colorado drops Cats to 6th in Pac-12
Like two evenly-matched boxers, the University of Arizona men’s basketball team stood toe-to-toe with the Colorado Buffaloes last night, as the teams traded the lead throughout an important conference game. In the end, neither team could score the knockout punch and Arizona simply ran out of time when a Kevin Parrom shot at the buzzer [...] -
Lots of good hoopin’ at MLK Classic, but little suspense
Arizona State’s Wells Fargo Arena was supposed to be center stage for the top high school basketball talent participating in this year’s MLK Classic. But, if you were looking for exciting finishes off buzzer-beating shots, the Tempe gym probably wasn’t the best place to be. The average margin of victory for the six boys’ and [...] -
St. Mary’s girls headline top field in MLK hoops tourneys
The Martin Luther King holiday has, at least in Arizona, become synonymous with high school basketball since the school holiday is filled with great tournaments across the state. This year’s MLK Basketball Classic features high school games at three different sites on Monday and a junior college event tomorrow at Mesa Community College. Arizona State [...] -
Keala King dismissal is latest hit to ASU basketball hopes
Right now, the Arizona State basketball team is like a rowboat struggling to get to the other side of the lake while springing one leak after another. But Herb Sendek‘s ‘boat’ isn’t taking in water. Just the opposite. It’s being drained of something… scoring. The dismissal of Keala King, the sophomore guard who had taken [...] -
UA basketball will be favored against ASU…but not so fast
With the first half of the Territorial Cup basketball rivalry between Arizona and Arizona State coming up tomorrow afternoon in Tucson, it’s going to be hard to predict a winner. That’s because it will all come down to which teams show up. A quick glance at the records would indicate that Arizona at 9-4 would [...] -
VisitMesa.com hoops event draws top prep teams from AZ
The gyms are starting to fill up out in Mesa, as 11 high school basketball teams from around Arizona begin testing their mettle against teams they wouldn’t meet anywhere else. It’s time again for the VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge, which has grown over the past four years into one of the best holiday prep events in [...] -
Running up the score in HS hoops – here’s how to avoid it
We can’t seem to get through a high school basketball season without at least a few teams throwing sportsmanship to one side by running up the score on some hapless opponent who can’t defend itself. It happens all across the country, and Arizona basketball is no exception. How about a score of 100-12? That would [...]
