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- Do 5 straight losses show deeper problems for UA hoops?
- Liberty, Sunnyside win state titles in D-I, D-II wrestling
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- Chandler has a new football coach…a break for Hamilton?
- Paul Moro’s death closes historical chapter in prep football
- Lawsuit is latest effort to save community college football
- Xavier’s Shannon Shields is Gatorade AZ volleyball POY
- Sunnyside wrestling defends Flowing Wells Invite title
- College basketball is dying a slow death in Flagstaff
- ASU’s QB Manny Wilkins…how will he be remembered?
- Prep football: interesting coaching hires as 2018 closed
- They’re for real…UA women get hoops upset of #17 ASU
- Stroke sidelines HS football coaching legend Paul Moro
- Desert Mtn. only AZ hoops team to win a title at Nike TOC
- Bobby Hurley gets signature win at ASU, stuns #1 Kansas
- Merry Christmas, Herm…elite QB recruit signs with ASU
- Eno sets ASU rushing record, but Devils lose bowl game
- Centennial HS gets this year’s invite to Geico Bowl Series
- Las Vegas Bowl: After 77 yrs, ASU & Fresno St. meet again
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Nation’s top prep basketball prospects eyeing UA, ASU
Posted on July 10, 2016 | No CommentsMarvin Bagley III and DeAndre Ayton, who both played for Arizona high schools and are rated as No. 1 in their respective recruiting classes, are apparently giving serious consideration to […] -
Hillcrest Prep finds itself back in nat’l basketball news
Posted on May 3, 2016 | No CommentsHillcrest Prep can’t seem to catch a break. The recently-established east Phoenix basketball academy has been getting more than its share of national media attention…but not necessarily the kind it was hoping […] -
Why Trier’s return to UA basketball is so important…
Posted on April 6, 2016 | No CommentsAllonzo Trier‘s announcement Monday that he will be returning to play his sophomore season with the University of Arizona men’s basketball team could easily be the most significant event […] -
The Big Dance is over for UA men and ASU women
Posted on March 21, 2016 | 1 CommentSadly for Arizona college sports fans, the unfulfilled expectations of the 2015 football season have now spilled over to taint the much-hyped basketball promise of 2016. March Madness has turned into […] -
Sam Duane, Jr. is back coaching…this time at Perry HS
Posted on March 20, 2016 | No CommentsWell, that didn’t last long… Perry High School just announced the hire of Sam Duane, Jr., a name well-known in basketball circles around Arizona. At Corona del Sol High […] -
March Madness: who goes deeper…ASU women, UA men?
Posted on March 17, 2016 | No CommentsArizona college hoops fans have good reason this year to watch both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. We have a horse in both races. The Arizona State women’s […] -
Shadow Mtn., Mesa HS snag big-school boys’ hoops titles
Posted on March 1, 2016 | No CommentsAll those games against out-of-state teams really paid off for the Shadow Mountain High School boys’ basketball program. The Matadors played five games against some of the better teams […] -
ASU men’s basketball reeling after 2nd straight blow-out
Posted on February 28, 2016 | No CommentsIt’s hard to think positively after two consecutive blow-out losses, but there is one thing for which the Arizona State men’s basketball team can be thankful. Both games were […] -
UA’s size buries ASU as Cats dominate in 99-61 hoops win
Posted on February 18, 2016 | No CommentsThere’s an old axiom in basketball that says “You can’t teach height.” In other words, if you don’t have size on your roster, there’s not much that can be done […] -
NAU hoops: Murphy’s rebuilding job hits speed bump
Posted on January 26, 2016 | No CommentsJack Murphy knew this wasn’t going to be an easy journey through the 2015-16 basketball season. The men’s head coach at Northern Arizona University was facing a tough non-conference […] -
After 4 OT loss to USC, UA basketball facing 3-game skid
Posted on January 14, 2016 | No CommentsSean Miller finds himself in a mid-season hole – and just broke his shovel trying to dig out. The University of Arizona head basketball coach is suffering through one […] -
ASU basketball loses to UA, but serves notice for future
Posted on January 4, 2016 | No CommentsYesterday, Bobby Hurley gave Arizona State basketball fans what they wanted. OK, it wasn’t a win, but it was a sign of hope for the future – maybe even […] -
Zags up next… a turning point for UA men’s basketball?
Posted on December 2, 2015 | No CommentsThe University of Arizona men’s basketball team is not in a good place as the Wildcats get ready to tangle with Gonzaga this weekend. Arizona returned from the DirecTV […] -
GCU basketball starts new season with 84-point display
Posted on November 6, 2015 | No CommentsJosh Braun put up a pump fake in the corner and then drove the baseline for a lay-up that put the first two points of a new GCU men’s […] -
UA hoops fans fill McKale Center…for a scrimmage!
Posted on October 23, 2015 | No CommentsIt’s always a good sign for your basketball program when you can draw 14,655 fans – and it’s just a practice. For the record, that’s a full house at […] -
T.J. Leaf departs, leaves UA basketball in hole for 2016
Posted on August 9, 2015 | No CommentsEven the best of the college basketball programs can’t always hang on to their top recruiting catches during that dangerous period from verbal commitment to the actual signing of […] -
Big-name colleges zeroing in on AZ basketball recruits
Posted on July 26, 2015 | No CommentsLooks like the elite programs in college basketball are finding that the weather isn’t the only thing that’s hot in Arizona. There’s also a hotbed of hoops talent building […] -
The ‘new’ ASU basketball has an East Coast flavor
Posted on July 6, 2015 | No CommentsAt first, it looked like Bobby Hurley didn’t really leave New York behind when he accepted the job in early April as the new men’s head basketball coach at […] -
Boys hoops: Corona, Gilbert Christian eye title repeats
Posted on June 24, 2015 | No CommentsSummer ball is an absolute necessity for high school basketball programs that want to be ready for the coming season. It’s an important time for coaches to begin blending […] -
Duane Jr. leaves Corona del Sol hoops dynasty he built
Posted on April 17, 2015 | No CommentsSam Duane Jr. has dropped a bomb shell on the high school basketball landscape in Arizona. After building a dynasty at Corona del Sol High School, taking that Tempe […] -
Will Bobby Hurley’s ‘fire’ be enough to ignite ASU hoops?
Posted on April 16, 2015 | No CommentsIt looks like a lot has happened in Tempe during the 10 days I’ve been out of town. Apparently, it’s a good thing for Arizona State men’s basketball that Duke […]