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No. 9 Wildcats will play Oregon State before sell-out crowd
The Wildcats have found a better way to keep moving up in the national rankings. Just don’t play. The University of Arizona moved up from No. 14 in the polls to No. 9 (AP poll) during their bye week and now prepare to take on Oregon State, which beat that other Pac-10 team in Tempe [...] -
UA women’s golf ranked No. 5 and off to strong 2010 start
The University of Arizona women’s golf team is picking up right where it left off last season, with a win in Japan and a second-place finish over the weekend in Colorado. And a local high school grad is right up front in the charge into a new season. Margarita Ramos, who played four years of [...] -
NAU, UA cross country teams moving up nat’l rankings
The latest college cross country rankings are out, and there are some familiar teams in the top 10. The University of Arizona women’s team shot up the rankings, going from No. 24 in the previous poll to No. 9 in the new Coaches’ Poll released by the USTFCCCA yesterday. And the Northern Arizona University men’s [...] -
Stoops gets signature win to move UA football to No. 14
This was it. The win over Iowa was the signature game that Mike Stoops has been yearning for since taking over the University of Arizona football program seven years ago, when it was coming off a 2-10 season. The Wildcats’ 34-27 victory over the Hawkeyes, ranked No. 9 in the nation going into the game [...] -
UA basketball snags 5-star recruit, Josiah Turner, for 2011
The pieces of the puzzle are rapidly falling into place for Sean Miller, as the head coach works on the task of rebuilding the basketball program at the University of Arizona. The latest came today, when Josiah Turner verbally committed to play for the Wildcats. He is the most recent addition to a class of [...] -
Football win over No. 9 Iowa would be big for No. 24 UA
Arizona’s Pac-10 football representatives get their first serious tests of the season this Saturday, as both ASU and UofA take on Big Ten opponents – and both nationally-ranked. The Sun Devils have to travel to No. 11 Wisconsin to meet the Badgers in Randall Stadium. The No. 24-ranked Wildcats get to play in the friendly [...] -
UA hits the road to bring the game to its sports fans
The Cat is on the prowl. The University of Arizona isn’t waiting for the rest of the state to come to Tucson to experience its sports programs. The ‘Wildcat experience’ will soon be coming to a town near you. Just days ago, UofA’s new athletic director, Greg Byrne, was shaking up the news cycle with [...] -
Keeping an eye on UA football.. who’s in, who’s out?
If you’re trying to keep track of the UofA football program, the revolving door on personnel has swung again. This time, it’s one out and two in. It was a busy time for the University of Arizona program last week. The Wildcats lost one player from the current roster and picked up two more recruits [...] -
College rugby is alive and well in Tucson…and getting noticed
If you heard that Arizona scored six tries to beat UCLA, but don’t know what sport we’re talking about, then you probably don’t follow the sport of rugby. But if you are among the growing legions that are becoming fans of the sport, you should know that the University of Arizona rugby team just won [...] -
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, [...]
