If Mike Leach is on the opposite sideline, the opposition’s offensive gameplan is never exactly shrouded in mystery. And it wasn’t Saturday, when the coach was at the helm of Washington State’s offensive ambush at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. “Pass, pass, pass,” was the Cougars’ mantra, as always, when they lined up against the Arizona […]
Arizona landed one of the country’s top hoops recruits Friday as it received a verbal commitment from small forward Stanley Johnson. Johnson, a six-foot-six senior from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., is widely considered one of the top 10 recruits in his class. Scout.com gave Johnson five stars and is its No. […]
The No. 6 Arizona Wildcats entered Thursday’s road test at San Diego State with a number of questions. Now they have at least a few answers. Junior guard Nick Johnson scored 23 points, standout freshman Aaron Gordon added 16 of his own, and the Wildcats (3-0) led from start to finish in a 69-60 win […]
Arizona’s Ka’Deem Carey is one of the best running backs in the nation, and as such he will be in the hunt for plenty of awards when this season is over with. One of those is the Doak Walker Award, which is given annually to the player deemed as the nation’s best running back. Thursday, […]
Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey has been named one of 15 finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. Carey, who has amassed 1,221 rushing yards along with 11 touchdowns, is currently second in the nation in rushing yards per game with 152.6. He has tallied more than 100 yards on the ground […]
Cal Poly's Chris Eversley, left, drives agaisnt the pressing defense of Arizona's Aaron Gordon (11) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Miller)
Immediately after Saturday night’s nationally-televised loss to UCLA, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez warned his players that film of the game might be difficult to watch. “We’re probably going to be sick watching the tape,” he told the defeated Wildcats in their home locker room following the five-point, 31-26 loss. UCLA, then No. 16 in the […]
Sometimes forgotten in the Arizona Wildcats’ struggles in the passing game this season is the absence of receiver Austin Hill. Last season, as a sophomore, the 6-foot-3, 210-pound Hill caught 81 passes for 1,364 yards and 11 touchdowns, earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors in the process. However, he tore his ACL late in spring practice this […]
More than 50,000 fans at Arizona Stadium on Saturday left heartbroken after seeing their beloved Arizona Wildcats flirt with an upset of No. 16 UCLA, but ultimately being denied the bliss. Ka’Deem Carey and BJ Denker weren’t slowed much by the Bruins defense, doing their usual groundwork while combining for more than 200 yards rushing. […]
Don’t sleep on Cal Poly. UCLA did in 2012 and got its 2012-13 season off to a disappointing start. Last season the Mustangs averaged 64.8 points per game, 237th in the country. Their grind-it-out slow style might not have set scoring records, but it was efficient. Cal Poly finished the season with a NCAA Division […]
The sixth-ranked Arizona Wildcats have many players who are on the national radar, but perhaps none have the excitement level of freshman Aaron Gordon. A forward from California, the five-star recruit led the way for Sean Miller’s highly-rated freshman class, and is believed to be a difference maker for a team with Final Four aspirations. […]
It appears the Arizona Wildcats are about to add another talented player to their basketball lineup. Arizona expects Kansas transfer Zach Peters to be cleared for today's practice, sources told ESPN. Give Wildcats a big man who can shoot it. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) November 5, 2013 A sophomore, Peters transferred to Arizona from Kansas […]
Following a 33-28 win over California, the Arizona Wildcats are bowl eligible for the second time in Rich Rodriguez’s two years with the school, and the fifth time in the last six seasons. For a school that has had its share of struggles on the gridiron, it’s actually a pretty solid accomplishment. “It feels good,” […]
Arizona freshman Aaron Gordon was named to the preseason watch list for the Integris Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year, which is presented each year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Gordon was a consensus top-five recruit in a loaded 2013 class and was the MVP of the McDonald’s All-American Game. He was […]
The season hasn’t even started, but already Sean Miller and the Arizona Wildcats seem to be a popular target of praise and optimism from around the college basketball community. ESPN.com’s Seth Greenberg already said that the Wildcats, ranked No. 6 in the preseason polls, behind a talented freshman class, junior transfer T.J. McConnell and junior […]
Facing an inferior opponent in the Cal Berkeley Bears Saturday, the Arizona Wildcats relied on their typical mixture of ingredients: a heavy dose of running back Ka’Deem Carey, a hint of quarterback B.J. Denker and his legs in the red zone and a pinch of their opportunistic defense. After 60 minutes of play, that recipe […]
Arizona basketball enters the 2013-14 season with high hopes and expectations. A potential Final Four team, ESPN had the Wildcats fifth in their preseason power rankings. ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg previewed Arizona and while he does have some concerns, he sees a lot of potential with the team and it starts with junior point guard […]
Much is expected of the Arizona Wildcats this season, so it may come as no surprise that they are sixth in the preseason Associated Press poll. Sean Miller’s team, which comes into the campaign with one of the nation’s best recruiting classes along with key returners from last season, trails only Kentucky, Michigan State, Louisville […]
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona athletic department has brought back the Ka’Deem Carey award push with the reappearance of the Twitter hashtag “#TeamKaDeem” and a web page promoting Carey’s stats along with his career accolades. The athletic department originally tweeted the hashtag toward the end of last season, but discontinued it after Carey’s legal troubles […]
Following his team’s 44-20 loss to the Arizona Wildcats Saturday, Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre was asked why this defeat hurt more than the other three his team has suffered. “Because we can beat that team,” he said. MacIntyre’s statement is belied by the fact that the Wildcats, on the road, torched the Buffaloes to […]
Expectations are sky high for Arizona basketball as it opens up the 2013-14 season Monday night with an exhibition contest against Augustana at the McKale Center. Yet already, head coach Sean Miller is working with an eye towards the future. According to Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star, JUCO guard Kadeem Allen (Hutchinson Community […]
The Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week will reside in Tucson for a second consecutive week. That’s because Arizona quarterback was awarded the conference’s top honor Monday, less than 24 hours after he amassed 457 yards of total offense in the Wildcats’ 44-20 road victory over the Colorado Buffaloes. On top of the hardware, the […]
A mile high in Boulder, Colo., the Arizona Wildcats opted to keep things on the ground versus the Colorado Buffaloes, rushing for over 400 yards en route to a dominant 44-20 win over their Pac-12 foe. But when the football wasn’t tucked under the arms of quarterback B.J. Denker, who ran for 192 yards, or […]
To say Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey had a good game against Utah Saturday would be a bit of an understatement. The junior, who led the nation in rushing last season, produced 236 yards and one touchdown on a school-record 40 carries. The touchdown, which came in the game’s final minutes, essentially put the Utes […]
The first three games of Arizona’s football season did not reveal much, other than the fact that the Wildcats were better than some substantially inferior opponents. Their first two Pac-12 contests may not have told much about them either, as road losses to Washington and USC were tough, but perhaps expected. Saturday’s home game against […]
Arizona was able to come from behind Saturday to knock off Utah 35-24 to get its first Pac-12 win of the season. While running back Ka’Deem Carey will get most of the attention, senior quarterback B.J. Denker quietly put together a second straight impressive performance for the Wildcats. Two weeks ago, Denker had four touchdown […]
Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey was named the Pac-12’s Offensive Player of the Week Monday after his record-breaking performance led the Wildcats to a 35-24 victory over the Utah Utes this past weekend. Carey carried the ball a school-record 40 times for 236 yards, and put the game away with a 44-yard touchdown in the […]
The Arizona Wildcats entered Saturday’s game against the Utah Utes looking at a three-game stretch that would likely decide their postseason future. Consider the first test passed. The Wildcats (3-2, 1-2 Pac-12) held on for a 35-24 win in Tucson behind another monster game from running back Ka’Deem Carey and opportunistic performance by the defense. […]
At Thursday’s Pac-12 Media Day in San Francisco, the Arizona men’s basketball team received 21 of 23 first place votes to win the conference ahead of the likes of UCLA, Colorado and Oregon. The preseason expectations are no surprise for the Wildcats, though. Sean Miller and Co. are coming off an impressive run to the […]
The University of Arizona athletics department announced Thursday the details of its plans to recognize former linebacker Tedy Bruschi, who is to be inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame later this year. The school will honor Bruschi, along with his wife and their three sons, Saturday during halftime of Arizona’s game vs. Utah. […]
