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Oregon narrowly beats UA track teams for Pac-10 title
The University of Arizona track team is probably still having bad dreams about Ducks, almost a week after the close of the Pac-10 Conference Championships. The University of Oregon held off Arizona’s men’s and women’s teams to win the Pac-10 titles this year, leaving the Wildcats to settle for second place. And, to make matters [...] -
Is he gone? Maryland expected to lure Sean Miller from UA
The University of Arizona, and probably most of Tucson, awaits the outcome of a meeting today between the athletic director at the University of Maryland and their rock-star head basketball coach, Sean Miller. In just the past couple of days, Miller has moved from being one of a small handful of potential replacements for Maryland’s [...] -
UA’s signing of Angelo Chol headlines recruiting news
The last couple of weeks have brought a little wave of excitement on the college recruiting front, as Arizona and Arizona State have both enjoyed some good news. Thanks to a waiver from the NCAA, the University of Arizona basketball team was able to secure a letter of intent just days ago for its prize [...] -
UA track teams enjoying best outdoor season in years
The University of Arizona women’s track team has been methodically working its way up the national rankings since the outdoor season started in mid-March. They have moved up exactly one spot in each of the weekly computer rankings. This week, the women’s team finds itself in the No. 8 spot after coming off a hugely [...] -
Line drive fells Fowler; may miss softball series with ASU
There’s never a good time for a sports injury. But the timing of the fluke concussion to Arizona’s premier pitcher, Kenzie Fowler, couldn’t have been worse. Not only was the Wildcats softball squad moving up in the national polls after taking the weekend series from No. 8 Washington, but they are scheduled to begin a [...] -
Yet another major injury mars UA football’s spring game
The 2011 football season can’t possibly be any tougher than spring practice has been. At least, that’s probably what the University of Arizona coaches are thinking after wrapping up three weeks of practice with the annual spring game Saturday. The Wildcats lost two players before the game arrived to signal the close of the practice [...] -
Can Angelo Chol become the next Derrick Williams?
The very last 2011 recruit to the University of Arizona basketball team is now looking like the most important acquisition in a top-10 recruiting class. When Derrick Williams announced on Wednesday that he was going to make himself available for the NBA draft and would soon close the door on a return to college by [...] -
UA taps Big-10′s Eric Hansen to take over swim program
This afternoon, the University of Arizona will formally introduce their answer to replacing the long-time face of the Wildcat swimming & diving program. Arizona has lured Eric Hansen from his 12-year career as the University of Wisconsin head coach to fill the vacancy left by Frank Busch, the Cats’ boss for the past 22 years. [...] -
Football spring practice proves costly for both ASU, UofA
A run at a championship in college football is often as fragile as a knee ligament. And, believe it or not, a rash of injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee, better known as the ACL, has afflicted both the Arizona State and University of Arizona football teams as they work through spring [...] -
Arizona teams start Pac-10 softball in a winning way
Surf’s up for Arizona’s Pac-10 softball teams! Arizona’s representatives took to the road over the weekend to open conference play in California. Both swept their respective series, with No. 4 ASU taking two-of-three from the No. 8 Cal Bears and No. 9 UofA sweeping their three-game series against No. 12 Stanford. Arizona State won both [...]
