Ohio State edges UA basketball in Sweet 16 match-up
Two seconds and three points. An entire basketball season for the Arizona Wildcats came down to those tiny numbers yesterday as Ohio State used a three-point shot with two ticks … Read More
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UA’s Sean Miller takes on ‘best friend’ in NCAA Sweet 16
Tomorrow will mark the first time that Sean Miller‘s Arizona Wildcats have met up with Ohio State. But the fourth-year head basketball coach knows exactly what to expect when the … Read More
Post-season hoops: ASU is done, UA is moving on
And then there was one. The last Arizona college team left standing in the post-season is the University of Arizona Wildcats. At least until this afternoon. Arizona is marching its … Read More
Another 5-star point guard becomes ‘future of UA basketball’
Sean Miller has found another five-star point guard to lead his Arizona Wildcats into the future. Parker Jackson-Cartwirght, only the second recruit to join the Class of 2014, is just the second … Read More
Light the candles…UA basketball parties in McKale tonight
The Arizona men’s basketball team is hosting a birthday party tonight, and hoping 14,545 noisy party-goers show up to help celebrate. That’s how many fans can be seated in McKale … Read More
Anticipation…UA vs. ASU basketball draws nat’l audience
Tomorrow’s men’s basketball game between University of Arizona and Arizona State should be one of the best of the season. Really. Many of those who tune in for the 12:30 … Read More
14-game win streak comes to an end for UA basketball
For almost a month, it has seemed like the Wildcats have been living on borrowed time. Time expired last night. A four-point loss to Oregon in Eugene dropped No. 4 … Read More
Overtime helps ASU, UA to wins in Pac-12 hoops openers
They didn’t exactly storm the castle gates, but Arizona’s Pac-12 basketball programs did manage to squeeze into the win column in yesterday’s conference openers. Both teams won, but it took … Read More
Basketball win tops off day of ‘miracles’ for UA sports
Two miracles in one day. Not bad for a college with no religious affiliation. Saturday would have to be considered one of the biggest single-day successes in recent memory for … Read More
UA opens hoops season No. 12 after red-hot pre-season
Around 9:30 last Saturday night, an attack team of 10 firefighters burst into McKale Center in response to a two-alarm fire that had erupted in the equipment room of the … Read More
UA basketball finds its point guard in Xavier’s Mark Lyons
Sean Miller just found his bridge to the future – and maybe a Pac-12 basketball championship. The University of Arizona head coach reportedly just got a commitment from Mark Lyons, … Read More