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UofA men’s swim team makes long climb to No. 1
One week at a time. That’s how the Cats clawed their way to the top of the polls. It took wins over the top three men’s college swimming and diving teams, but University of Arizona has gradually ascended to the top of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) national poll. The Wildcats [...] -
Cal gets first Pac-10 basketball title since 1960. But now what?
OK, the ‘Big Game’ is over. ASU fell a second time this season to Cal, this time in a 62-46 rout at Haas Pavilion. The Golden Bears locked up at least a share of the Pac-10 men’s basketball crown with the win Saturday – their first title in 50 years. But what happens now? The [...] -
UofA softball pounding the fences, just like last year
The UofA softball team had an early test Sunday. It got a passing grade, but results were not quite conclusive. After rolling through the season-opening Kajikawa Classic tournament in Tempe, winning all six games, the No. 2-ranked Wildcats decided they needed a stiffer test to get a better feel for just where their game was [...] -
ASU deflates Wildcats’ hopes for another trip to the Big Dance
The hissing noise emanating from Tucson last night could be heard as far away as Casa Grande. It was the air being let out of the Wildcats’ basketball season following the 73-69 loss to arch-enemy ASU. This one really hurt because it meant so much more than a loss to a cross-state rival. A team, [...] -
A spooky start to the 2010 college baseball season?
Unless you put the game results up side-by-side, you probably wouldn’t notice. But upon closer examination, you’d see that yesterday’s season openers for ASU and UofA baseball were eerily similar. Arizona State beat Northern Illinois in its opener. University of Arizona beat Utah Valley in its first game of the season. ASU’s score was 8-0, [...] -
Football recruiting takes on a Polynesian flavor at UofA
Everybody knows the University of Arizona football program recruits heavily in California. After all, it’s right next door. But the Wildcats also have a pot of gold about 6,000 miles away. All Arizona had to do was get the first couple of recruits from the Pacific Islands and then sit back while all of their [...] -
Battered & bruised, Pac-10 hoops is taking a beating this year
It’s like trying to dribble with a lopsided basketball. You never know what to expect from the bounce. That’s the case with Pac-10 basketball this season, as the men’s teams continue to beat up on each night after night. And Arizona’s colleges are doing their part to enhance the confusion. Over the weekend, UofA was [...] -
Old Pueblo abodes aren’t much different than Texas, Dave
The word out of Tucson is that University of Arizona’s new football recruiting coordinator has arrived and is busy looking for a house to purchase. He’s coming from Texas, so the landscape shouldn’t appear much different. Dave Emerick toiled under Coach Mike Leach at Texas Tech, as an assistant Athletic Director and Leach’s recruiting coordinator [...] -
Wildcats no longer the tallest team in the state
When you ‘go small’ on the basketball court, you want it to be your decision. Basketball coaches often decide to switch to a line-up with less size, but more speed. It gives the coach a chance to counter the other team’s speed, or change the rhythm of the game. That’s what the UofA women’s basketball [...]
