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Arizona Wildcats Rumors & News
Arizona Daily Star 19 mins ago
A bevy of college hoopers with ties — direct or tangential — to Southern Arizona have already made their marks on the March basketball scene in 2024. Among them: New Mexico star Jaelen House (nephew of Arizona great Mike Bibby),…
Arizona Daily Star 1 hour ago
How the Arizona women's basketball team navigated a roller-coaster season to land another NCAA Tournament bid
Arizona Desert Swarm 2 hours ago
Photo by David Becker/ Arizona has earned the No. 2 seed in the West Region for the 2024 NCAA Tournament and will open play Thursday in Salt Lake City against No. 15 seed Long Beach State. It is the third year in a row for the Wildcats (25-8) to make the tourney, though last year’s run was short-lived after a first-round upset at the hands of Princeton. But being in the West Region might be a different story, as Arizona has made it to at least the Sweet 16 in five consecutive NCAA tourneys when coming out of the West. How many games do you think the UA will win in the...
Arizona Desert Swarm 22 hours ago
Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via The Arizona Wildcats will play in the First Four of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, making it their fourth appearance in a row. They will face Auburn in Storrs, Conn. for the right to face sixth-seeded Syracuse. The winner of the game against Syracuse will advance to face either No. 3 Connecticut or No. 14 Jackson State. Barnes spoke to the media after the announcement. She was relieved, excited, and a bit disappointed in the seeding for her team compared to those from easier leagues and combative towards her...
Arizona Desert Swarm 23 hours ago
Photo by David Becker/ Tip time, TV info included Arizona men’s basketball is a year removed from being on the wrong end of a No. 15 seed over No. 2 seed upset. Oddsmakers seem confident it won’t happen again. The Wildcats, the No. 2 seed in the West Region, have opened as a 20.5-point favorite over No. 15 seed Long Beach State, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Arizona has -6500 odds to win straight up. Arizona and Long Beach State will tip off at 11 a.m. PT on Thursday at Salt Lake City’s Delta Center. The game will be televised on TBS. If the Wildcats...
Arizona Daily Star Mar 17, 2024
Coach Adia Barnes' Arizona Wildcats are rolling on in March. Arizona (17-15) learned Sunday it will be an 11 seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, taking on another No. 11 in Auburn in Storrs, Connecticut, in a "First Four"…
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 17, 2024
Photo by David Becker/ In the end, the loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 tourney semifinals didn’t matter: Arizona is headed to Salt Lake City as the No. 2 seed in the West Region of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, as was expected all week. The Wildcats (25-8) will open against No. 15 seed Long Beach State at 11 a.m. PT Thursday, with TBS airing the contest. Long Beach (21-14) won the Big West Tournament title on Saturday night after its coach, Dan Monson, learned at the beginning of the week he was not going to return next season after 17 years at the school. He’s also got a...
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 17, 2024
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Arizona head coach Adia Barnes has been making the case for her team to be included in the NCAA Tournament for weeks now. Her arguments focused on the strength of the Pac-12, her team’s near-.500 record in the league, and the fact that they got better as the year progressed while starting three freshmen. The committee agreed, putting the Wildcats (17-15, 8-10 Pac-12) into the First Four to play Auburn (20-11, 8-8 SEC) for the right to face sixth-seeded Syracuse. The Wildcats are going for a No. 11 seed. It’s the lowest seed they’ve had...
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 17, 2024
Photo by David Becker/ The path has been set for Arizona to make its first Final Four since 2001, now it’s up to the Wildcats to navigate that journey. Arizona (25-8) earned the No. 2 seed in the West Region for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, getting sent to Salt Lake City where it will open play against No. 15 seed Long Beach State (21-14) on Thursday. Long Beach qualified by winning the Big West Conference automatic bid The UA is 8-0 against the 49ers in Tucson. The last was a 104-67 victory at McKale Center in Nov. 2019. Win that first one and Arizona (25-8) would face...
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 17, 2024
Photo by Katharine Lotze/ Arizona did not manage to take home the final Pac-12 Tournament title, falling in Friday’s semifinals. But their regular-season title and 25 wins are more than enough to secure an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which will mark the Wildcats’ third consecutive trip and 38th in school history. Who the UA will face, what its seed will be and where it will begin its push for the Final Four—which is in Glendale, Ariz.—will all be revealed Sunday afternoon. BracketMatrix.com projects Arizona to be a No. 2 seed, and most likely in...
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 17, 2024
Arizona Athletics Only 5 runs scored during 4-game skid In taking the first two games of last weekend’s series at USC, Arizona scored 25 runs on 28 hits, part of a 3-game win streak that began with a 12-1 victory over Indiana at the Frisco College Baseball Classic. Since then: five runs and 13 hits, with just one hit in Saturday night’s 4-0 home loss to ASU, the Wildcats’ fourth straight defeat. It was the first time getting shut out by the Sun Devils since 2014 and, combined with Friday’s 3-2 loss clinched a losing home series to ASU since 2016. “We’re...
Arizona Desert Swarm Mar 16, 2024
Arizona softball on Mar. 6, 2024 in Louisville, Kent. | Photo by Catherine Regan / Arizona Athletics Arizona softball head coach Caitlin Lowe said on Wednesday that her team needed to be better at situational hitting with two outs or two strikes. The No. 22 Wildcats haven’t mastered that, but the No. 7 Washington Huskies sure have. The Huskies used two-out rallies to score 10 of their 11 runs, dominating Arizona for the second straight day in an 11-3 win in six innings. It was the second-straight run-rule loss for the Wildcats and ensured that Washington wins the...
Arizona Daily Star Mar 16, 2024
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on the point of Arizona's early Pac-12 hoops exit, Pima basketball back on familiar NJCAA turf, UA tennis a Top 5 program under Clancy Shields, ASU's uphill hoops battle and more.
Arizona Daily Star Mar 16, 2024
The Arizona women's basketball program is excited to (finally) hear the Wildcats' postseason fate on Selection Sunday; With NCAA and WBIT both on the table, the team's director of operations Lauren Flaum is prepared for all options.
Arizona Daily Star Mar 16, 2024
Marquis Groves-Killebrew, a former four-star cornerback from Georgia, is set to play for the Arizona Wildcats after stops at Louisville and Texas A&M.
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Caleb Love
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