The Arizona Wildcats got a much-needed sweep in the Bay Area last weekend, knocking off Pac-12 leading California on Thursday before taking down Stanford Saturday. The wins kept Arizona’s tournament hopes alive, as well as helped Kyle Fogg win the Pac-12 Player of the Week award. Fogg, a senior who is leading the Wildcats in […]
The Lowdown: Shorthanded with the losses of Kevin Parrom and Jordin Mayes for the season, the Wildcats took the court against a game Cardinal team. It was going to take a resilient effort on both ends of the floor and that is exactly what coach Sean Miller got. Tough defense and turnovers down the stretch […]
The Lowdown: The Wildcats have had a flair for the dramatic as of late. It started with a thriller against Washington and continued on the road against a very game California team. Behind Kyle Fogg’s clutch shooting and Jesse Perry’s relentless inside play the Wildcats were in another dog fight, tied at 72 with just […]
Rich Rodriguez just signed his first recruiting class for the University of Arizona, adding 24 new players to a roster that won just four games last season. But his biggest challenge going forward? “I think the biggest challenge that we face is changing a little bit of the mindset and culture that maybe our guys […]
Picking on the Pac-12 has been pretty popular this season, as the conference has certainly struggled to pick up signature wins against top-flight competition. California is currently on top of the conference with a 17-5 (7-2) record, and traditional powers Washington, UCLA and Arizona have all had their share of struggles. ESPN NCAA Hoops analyst […]
The Lowdown: With Jay Bilas and the Game Day crew in Tucson the Arizona Wildcats had the National stage to make a statement against the top team in the PAC12 this season, the Washington Huskies. It was a back-and-forth affair until Terrence Ross and the Huskies took a commanding 62-52 lead with 3:39 to go. […]
The Lowdown: Thursday seems to be kind to the Wildcats as they improved to 5-1 with a convincing 85-61 win over the Washington State Cougars. The team was led by dynamic freshman Josiah Turner and team leaders Kyle Fogg and Solomon Hill. In the first half, a three-point barrage led to a double- digit lead […]
University of Arizona’s Juron Criner isn’t expected to go very high in the 2012 NFL Draft, but he isn’t being ruled out as a quality pick after showing what he can do at practices for the Senior Bowl. NFL Network analyst and draft guru Mike Mayock noticed the wide receiver at practice and said, “He’s […]
Though they are not yet on par with Oregon when it comes to uniform combinations, the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team will don its seventh different uniform over the past two seasons next month when they host the UCLA Bruins on February 25. The Wildcats will wear the uniform just once this season. Arizona is […]
Tough, clutch shots down the stretch led to the Arizona Wildcats being in a very good position to win in their first game against the Colorado Buffaloes as a member of the Pac-12. Behind a Kyle Fogg three, a Solomon Hill tough and-one finish in the lane, and a Kevin Parrom jumper put them up […]
The flurry of coaching hires in college football is now pretty much over, so the time for reflection has begun. In all, there were 25 new coaches hired in FBS, and Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated has kicked that reflection into high gear by assigning grades to those schools who participated. Mandel’s assessments turned out […]
At home Arizona had a prime chance to make a statement and get some National recognition playing on CBS before, and during NFL Playoff action. The Wildcats did not disappoint delivering another wild finish at home against an Oregon school. Thursday night, it was the Wildcats defeating Oregon State in overtime with some minor fisticuffs. […]
Apparently the opportunity to coach with Rich Rodriguez for the University of Arizona was enough to lure Jeff Casteel away from West Virginia, because he certainly didn’t come for the money. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Jeff Casteel will make $425,000 annually at the UA, with bonuses for making a bowl game. That, the […]
It would appear the snoozefest that was Monday’s BCS National Championship Game has inspired change. Rumblings that a playoff-type system could be on the way have grown louder in recent days, though Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo that it doesn’t mean change is imminent. “Obviously there’s complicated details, otherwise […]
Rich Rodriguez is getting the band back together. Although none of the band members play an instrument, they are adept at building average college football programs into contenders. They are coaches that blow whistles instead of trumpets and scream instructions instead of lyrics. They are a band of coaching brothers that have produced gold records […]
It appears Arizona’s long wait to hire a defensive coordinator has come to an end. According to the Arizona Daily Star, new coach Rich Rodriguez will announce West Virginia’s Jeff Casteel as his defensive coordinator at a press conference Wednesday. Casteel coached under Rodriguez at West Virginia from 2001 to 2007, serving as the defensive […]
Arizona fans moved past the 2011 season sometime in October, so therefore it is really never too early to look at 2012. That’s why UA fans may be pleased to see ESPN Pac-12 blogger Ted Miller ranks Arizona No. 7 in the conference in his “Early 2012 Pac-12 power rankings.” The Wildcats have more potential […]
Jeff Casteel could be on his way to Tucson in the near future. Speculation is rising that Jeff Casteel will rejoin Rich Rodriguez at Arizona. Casteel was Rodriguez’s defensive coordinator at West Virginia for all seven years of Rich Rod’s tenure with the Mountaineers. In 2007 Rodriguez took the head coaching job at Michigan and […]
After a disappointing loss at UCLA in a very winnable game – the Wildcats stepped up in a big way on the road against USC. The Trojans were coming off their own disappointing loss for very different reasons due to a blowout loss to Arizona State Thursday. This 57-46 win lifted the ‘Cats to 2-1 […]
Former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops is reportedly headed back to Oklahoma football. According to News9.com in Oklahoma, who cites multiple sources close to the OU program, Stoops will rejoin his older brother Bob’s coaching staff at OU this week. The reports indicate that Stoops will be named co-defensive coordinator, sharing duties with Brent Venables. […]
The second game of conference play was setup nicely for the Wildcats because this is not your father’s UCLA Bruins team. Before the game even started it was marred as star big man Joshua Smith was inactive for the Bruins thanks to a concussion suffered in practice on Wednesday. In his place the sophomore Wear […]
And here… We… Go… PAC-12 basketball is alive and kicking in the desert as the Arizona State Sun Devils visited Tucson and the Arizona Wildcats Saturday (today). A few other teams kicked off conference play earlier this week and with the resounding 68-51 win the Wildcats are at the top of the new expanded conference. […]
The staff of ArizonaSports.com has compiled their list of the top 25 Arizona sports stories of the year 2011. We’ll be unveiling them over the next couple of weeks all leading up to the top story of 2011. In October of 2010, the Arizona Wildcats football team was sitting on top of the world — […]
The staff of ArizonaSports.com has compiled their list of the top 25 Arizona sports stories of the year 2011. We’ll be unveiling them over the next couple of weeks all leading up to the top story of 2011. Sean Miller’s second year as the head coach at the University of Arizona was a rebirth of […]
The streaky Wildcats were at it again. This time it was a positive finish in the friendly confines of Tucson, winning 85-73 against the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland. After that 0-14 deficit the team created for itself on Saturday the team knew they could not afford to get off to a slow start, no matter […]
Arizona was outclassed right from the opening tip falling behind 14-0 and never fully recovering in a 71-60 loss to Gonzaga at Key Arena in Seattle. For 10 minutes it seemed as if the Wildcats were just going through the motions until Jordin Mayes stepped up and added a spark. That spark was not enough […]
This may have been the perfect good team for the Wildcats to play at this time. Florida was a Top 10 team entering the season, but after two early season losses they found themselves searching for a defining victory. Arizona, a Top 20 team to start the season, has experienced a very similar start and […]
The Arizona Wildcats entered the season hoping for immediate contributions from a heralded freshman class, but at the same time expecting key veterans to step up. One such player is junior Solomon Hill, whose strong play led to him being named the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. […]
Mike Stoops has been unemployed for nearly two months now, though the former Arizona coach may not be out of work for long. According to the Oklahoman, Stops has met with Ohio State coach Urban Meyer about possibly joining the new coach’s staff. “I don’t comment on that stuff,” Stoops said in a telephone interview […]
