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A 10-1 start is best in a decade for UA women’s basketball
The University of Arizona women’s basketball team is looking more like the Jackrabbits than the Wildcats. They’re off to another fast start. A win last night against New Mexico boosted their record to 10-1, the best open to a season since 1999 when they shot out to a 12-1 start. Last year they started 11-2. [...] -
ASU, UA will enter 2012 baseball season ranked in Top 20
The first baseball game isn’t until February, but already it looks like a hot season is brewing in the Pac-12. And even more so right here in Arizona. Arizona and Arizona State are two of the eight Pac-12 teams that have been included in the Collegiate Baseball Pre-season Top 40 poll. And both are ranked [...] -
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 [...] -
ASU out to avenge basketball loss to NAU five years ago
For Arizona State’s Herb Sendek, this afternoon’s basketball game with Northern Arizona must seem like deja vu. But not the good kind. The Lumberjacks were the first opponent for the ASU head coach when he took over the Sun Devil program for the 2006-07 season. NAU won that game, 75-71. (*Update: As we suspected, this [...] -
AZ girls hoops teams take on nation’s best at Nike TofC
Eighteen local high school girls’ basketball teams are entered in the Nike Tournament of Champions again this year, as Arizona is one of the two most heavily represented states in a field of 96 teams from 21 different states. That doesn’t mean Arizona has more of the better teams in the country. It just means [...] -
Pittsburgh’s Todd Graham to be new ASU football coach
The swirling dust devil surrounding the search for a new Arizona State football coach has apparently died out long enough for the school to hit a new target. ASU will announce in a 5:30 pm press conference today that Todd Graham, the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, will be taking over as the new [...] -
UA men’s swim team now No. 1 after wins at Texas Invite
Cory Chitwood now owns the fastest swim times in the country in three different events, and his Wildcats team now owns the nation’s No. 1 ranking. The University of Arizona men’s swimming team earned a unanimous No. 1 ranking following its performance at the Texas Invitational, highlighted by Chitwood’s individual wins in the 200 IM [...] -
Mike Adras departs NAU hoops; Brown starts with big win
Mike Adras should have hung around a little longer. His Northern Arizona basketball team just pocketed their first Division I win of the season by beating Cal State Bakersfield Saturday night. And they did it by scoring 80 points. Which is double what they scored in the last game he coached before suddenly resigning as [...] -
Tempe Diablos tourney helps evaluate prep soccer teams
The Tempe Diablos soccer tournament is a great early-season gauge because it draws most of the top high school teams from around the state. This year was no exception. There were no dark-horse entries who were able to sneak up on the rest of the field. Not in this tournament. On the boys’ side, it [...] -
Sendek gets new hoops contract…but loses Jahii Carson
Poor Herb Sendek. Even when the ASU basketball coach catches a break off the court, it gets offset with a loss on the court. Sendek, whose team is struggling to overcome a 4-5 start to the season, just got a contract extension despite the team’s slow start. But on the heels of the two-year extension [...]
