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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 [...] -
Interim coach Anders has ASU women’s hoops at 10-2
A head coach knows she’s hired the right assistants when she can step away for a season and the program doesn’t skip a beat. Charli Turner Thorne did just that last May, announcing that she would be taking a year-long leave of absence and turning the women’ basketball team over to Joe Anders for the [...] -
St. Mary’s HS stakes a claim to No. 1 by winning Nike TOC
How does a girls’ high school basketball team earn the right to be considered the best in the nation? It involves a lot of factors, but one thing needs to be included in the qualifications. That team has to win the Joe Smith Division of the prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions that draws the nation’s [...] -
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. [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
UA women’s basketball program building on 2010 success
It’s still too early in the basketball season to be able to judge whether the University of Arizona women’s basketball team is ready for the next big step in the rebuilding process. But there isn’t any question the Cats can put the points on the board. A squad that is laden with young talent has [...] -
Jerry Conner is latest hire in Ariz Christian branding effort
Arizona Christian University is taking a page out of the playbook of Grand Canyon University. Arizona Christian, which is evolving from the small bible-based college in Paradise Valley formerly known as Southwestern College, is using athletics to help brand its new identity. Grand Canyon, a small Christian college on the west side of Phoenix, has [...] -
NAU women’s hoops going BIG as critical year looms
You couldn’t miss Raven Anderson when she played basketball at Chandler High School last year. The 6’2″ post player stood above the crowd, contributing 11 points and almost seven rebounds a game for the Wolves as the team went undefeated through their 5A-I conference schedule and finished runner-up for the state championship. “Raven gives us [...]
