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  1. article Sports Perspective Wildcats Men’s Basketball Preview

    Monday, December 24, 2012 11:18 am

    After a successful off-season consisting of the third best recruiting class in the nation, including three of the Wildcats current starters, fourth year head coach, Sean Miller set some high expectations for his team. So far, the Wildcats have lived up to the hype with an untarnished 10-0 record, ranking them fourth in the nation.

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  2. article What's up UA - NFL updates, Wildcat basketball, grants announced

    Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:29 am

    What's up UA - University graduate breaks NFL record

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  3. article UA Athletics- Wildcats on television

    Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:20 am

    There is no question there is consternation among some UA fans regarding the broadcast of our games. They can’t get the games and want to know why not. They want to know when they’ll get it on their system. Those who have it want to know why it appears it may cost a bit more. Some of this is due to ongoing negotiations with various carriers (satellite giant DirecTV, chiefly), but some of this is because of our history of providing televised games.

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  4. article Real or not, Wildcats looking for momentum

    Friday, March 8, 2013 11:58 am

    Arizona's seniors are not thinking about the Pac-12 Conference tournament and the move from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

  5. article Sports Perspective: Wildcats hold bright future

    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:00 am

    After a thrilling run to the Sweet 16, the Arizona Wildcats were forced to pack their bags and start all over again. Despite all of the controversy currently surrounding the Wildcats-- regarding the Ed Rush scandal and the famous double-dribble and technical-foul call, Arizona is more focused on their future.

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  6. article Miller foreshadowed debacle, Wildcats refused to listen

    Friday, March 1, 2013 2:11 pm

    Arizona head coach Sean Miller has repeated himself over and over for the past week. His No. 11-ranked Wildcats paid the price Wednesday for not listening.

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  7. article Wildcats see effort change, hoping results follow

    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:18 am

    Well, it cannot get much worse for Arizona now, right?

  8. article 'Air Zona' saves Christmas for No. 3 Wildcats

    Wednesday, December 26, 2012 11:03 am

    The sophomore appropriately dubbed "Air Zona" saved Christmas and an unbeaten record for third-ranked Arizona on Tuesday night.

  9. article Sports Perspective: Wildcat mid-season report

    Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:00 am

    Despite getting off to a 17-2 overall record and a top 10 ranking, the Arizona Wildcats are sitting in third place within the Pac-12. Behind Oregon and UCLA, both teams that beat the Wildcats, Arizona (5-2) continues to fight for the top spot in the conference.

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  10. article Sports Perspective - Wildcats have a bright future

    Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:00 am

    The Arizona Wildcats’ season came to a bitter end in March with a first round loss in the NIT Tournament to an inferior Bucknell team. It’s time to look back to see what went wrong this season, and to look forward to next season. The Wildcats have a lot to look forward to.

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  11. article What's Up UA? - Wildcats Head to Sweet 16

    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:23 pm

    The No. 6 seed Arizona men's basketball team (27-7, 12-6 Pac-12) will open play in the 2013 NCAA West Regional semifinal against No. 2 seed Ohio State (28-7, 13-5 Big Ten) on March 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

    This is UA's 30th NCAA Tournament appearance overall (counting two vacated appearances), and the program has an official 48-26 (.649) record in its previous NCAA Tournament action. Nine of Arizona's 15 Sweet 16 appearances have come in the West Regional, and 31 of the program's 48 NCAA Tournament wins have come through the West Region.

    The UA is ranked 21st in the Associated Press poll and 20th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll (as of March 18). The Wildcats are one of 11 teams nationally to have been ranked in both polls in every ranking period this season.

    The Big Ten Conference postseason tournament champion Buckeyes will enter Thursday's game with a 28-7 record (13-5 Big Ten) following their March 24 78-75 win over Iowa State. As a team, Ohio State shoots 45.6 percent from the field (886-of-1,943), including 35.8 percent (215-of-600) from three-point range, while averaging 70.2 points per game.

    Opponents shoot at a 39.5 percent clip and average 58.8 points per game. Two Buckeyes average in double figures, led by Deshaun Thomas' 19.7 ppg figure. Thomas also leads Ohio State with a 6.1 rebounds per game average.

    Thursday's game will be the second meeting of the two schools, with Ohio State holding a 1-0 series advantage. Like this one, the previous meeting was a neutral-site game in Los Angeles, as OSU triumphed 90-47 on Dec. 29, 1971, in the opening round of the Bruin Classic. All-time, Arizona is 0-0 in series games played in Tucson, 0-0 in Columbus, Ohio, and 0-1 in neutral-site games.

    Arizona has a 33-32 (.508) record against current Big Ten Conference members and is 4-4 against the league over in its last eight meetings, last facing a Big Ten opponent on Nov. 23, 2009, in what was a 65-61 loss to Wisconsin at the Maui Invitational.

    This regional appearance marks the 13th time the Cats have road tripped it to California for the NCAA Tournament, and in those 13 appearances, the UA is 13-7 (.650). Two of those appearances were regionals, as the Wildcats lost the 1976 West Regional final to UCLA in Pauley Pavilion and beat Missouri in the 1994 West Regional final at the L.A. Sports Arena en route to the Final Four.

    Last week, for the second game in a row, Arizona put its opponent in an early hole and never looked back in cruising to a 74-51 win over Harvard on March 23. The Cats jumped out to a 17-2 lead, forcing the Crimson to miss its first 12 shots and connecting on 58 percent of its own in the half.

    Harvard's 27.6 percent shooting was the lowest for a UA opponent in NCAA Tournament play. Mark Lyons matched a career high with 27 points, Solomon Hill added a double-double and Jordin Mayes added eight key points in the second half.

    By virtue of its 23-point win over Harvard, Arizona earned a berth in its 15th Sweet 16 and the seventh for the program since 2001. In that span, Arizona's seven Sweet 16 appearances rank fourth nationally, trailing only Kansas (10), Duke (10) and Michigan State (8) when it comes to playing into the tournament's second weekend.

    Mark Lyons' 63-percent shooting weekend (20-of-32) in Salt Lake City was his best back-to-back effort in efficiency and production all year. He made 12 buckets Saturday against Harvard, a career high. The 25.0 ppg scoring average in the first two games of the tournament boosted his season scoring average to 15.4 ppg. He's the 37th player in school history to score 500 points in a season.

    In his nine seasons as a head coach, Sean Miller has made six NCAA Tournament appearances. The Wildcat mentor has proven to be good at advancing when he gets there, as this is his fourth Sweet 16 appearance in the last six seasons.

    Since 2008, Miller is one of seven coaches nationally to appear in four or more regional semifinals in that span. The list includes Tom Izzo, Michigan State; Mike Krzyzewski, Duke; and Bill Self, Kansas (5 each); and Miller, Xavier and Arizona; John Calipari, Memphis and Kentucky; Roy Williams, North Carolina; and Thad Matta, Ohio State (4 each).

    UP NEXT: A win would move Arizona into the March 30 West Regional final against the Wichita State-LaSalle winner. Game time is TBA.

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  12. article No. 9 Wildcats dealt first back-to-back skid

    Friday, February 15, 2013 11:20 am

    In a hostile environment and staring into a Colorado crowd that had revenge on its mind, ninth-ranked Arizona never answered the bell Thursday night in Boulder, Colo.

  13. article UA's Wilma the Wildcat is chosen for Capital One All-American Mascot Team

    Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:11 am

    The University of Arizona’s Wilma The Wildcat has been selected as one of the spirited mascots to be a member of the 11th annual Capital One All-America Mascot Team. Wilma is making history by being one of two female mascots to join the competition for the first time in the eleven years the challenge has existed. Wilma is joined by 15 other mascots that will go head-to-head throughout the college football season in mascot matchups determined exclusively by fan voting. When the dust settles, Wilma hopes to be the first ever female mascot named the Capital One National Mascot of the Year at the 2013 Capital One Bowl.

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  14. article UA basketball advances to Sweet 16

    Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:28 am

    Arizona did not need much time Saturday afternoon to squash Harvard's feel-good NCAA tournament story.

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  15. article What up UA - Basektball and more basketball

    Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:18 am

    Alumni news:

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  16. article The Sporting Life: Basketball blueblood finishes collegiate career

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:00 am

    March 9, 2005 - Every major college basketball program has them - a collection of players whose sole job during a game is to seemingly rally the troops. Relegated to the end of the bench, these players are visible every game waving towels or jumping to the sky every time a teammate nails a jumper from somewhere north of the 3-point arc.

  17. article What's Up UA? - Men's Basketball 7 and 2

    Wednesday, December 7, 2011 4:24 pm

    Basketball

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  18. article Ahead of the Game: Youth basketball comes to Oro Valley

    Sunday, October 2, 2005 11:00 pm

    September 28, 2005 - It's time to bust out the Chuck Taylor high tops and set up the peach basket, because basketball is coming to Oro Valley. And while the reference may be archaic, the league is very new. Working in conjunction with the town's parks and recreation department, the Oro Valley Basketball League for kids will begin play in early December and run through February.

  19. article What's up UA - Wildcats Ranked No. 11 in ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll

    Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:10 am

    The UA has placed in the preseason poll for a second straight season. The Wildcats will open 2012-13 with the annual McDonald's Red-Blue Game on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. in McKale Memorial Center.

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  20. article What's Up UA - Basketball, football and feeding animals at the zoo

    Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:55 am

    Wildcat basketball

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  21. article What's Up UA? - A Top-10 Men's Basketball Showdown at McKale on Saturday

    Friday, December 28, 2012 9:15 pm

    Eighth-ranked Arizona (7-0, 0-0 Pac-12) will return to McKale Memorial Center to host fifth-ranked Florida (7-0, 0-0 SEC) on Dec. 15 on ESPN.

    The game will be the first in December, and just the fourth of the college basketball season, featuring two top-10 ranked teams. It will be the first time two top-10 teams have met in McKale Center since Jan. 10, 2004.

    Both teams are similar statistically, including scoring offense (UA 79.3/UF 73.6), scoring margin (+20.4/+25.3), rebound margin (+11.5/+10.7) and field goal percentage (.486/.473).

    For the second straight week, the UA is ranked eighth in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls. The Cats' No. 8 ranking is the highest for the program under Sean Miller and the first time the UA has been ranked as high in-season since coming in at No. 8 in the Jan. 8, 2007, coaches' poll.

    The Gators will enter the game with a 7-0 record (0-0 SEC) following a 72-47 win Dec. 5 at Florida State. On the season, UF averages 73.6 points per game, shoots 47.3 percent from the floor (176-of-372), 35.1 percent (53-of-151) from three-point range and 70.5 percent (110-of-156) from the line.

    Opponents average 48.3 points, are outrebounded by 10.7 per game and shoot 34.9 percent from the floor (124-of-355). Individually, four Florida players average in double figures, led by Kenny Boynton's 14.4 ppg figure. Patric Young leads the Gators in rebounding at 7.9 rebounds per game.

    The game is the fourth meeting of the two schools with Florida holding a 2-1 series advantage. Arizona won the first meeting, 75-71, on Nov. 9, 2001, in New York City and Florida captured the last two, including a 78-72 overtime win last season in Gainesville on Dec. 7. All-time, Arizona is 0-0 in series games played in Tucson, 0-1 in Gainesville, Fla., and 1-1 in neutral-site games.

    Last week, in a game of large momentum swings, Arizona swung first and last to earn a 66-54 win at Clemson. The UA opened the game with a 22-8 run, and Clemson answered with a 36-16 run to take a six-point lead before the Wildcats closed the game with a 22-7 run over the last 7:54 to win it. Powered by 20 offensive boards, Arizona held a 44-33 rebound edge. Mark Lyons led all scorers with 20 points, his first 20-point game as a Wildcat.

    Up Next: The Wildcats return to action on Dec. 18 when the team hosts Oral Roberts in its final non-conference home game. Tip-off in McKale Center is scheduled for 7 p.m. MST and can be seen on the Pac-12 Networks.

     

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  22. article Sign a banner, welcome UA coach to Tucson

    Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:00 pm

    Hughes Federal Credit Union is spearheading an effort to have Tucsonans sign a welcome banner for Sean Miller, the new men's basketball coach at the University of Arizona.

  23. article Sports Perspective: The Cardiac Cats strike again

    Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:00 am

    Dubbed the “Cardiac Cats”, the Arizona Wildcat basketball team has had their fans on the edge of their seats, holding their breath for nearly half the season. The Wildcats who are 14-0 and 2-0 within the Pac-12, are currently ranked third in the nation, and are only one of four teams who remain unbeaten. 

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  24. article Sports Perspective: A weekend to remember for Arizona sports

    Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:00 am

    It was definitely one of the more memorable weekends to be an Arizona sports fan. Between the Arizona Wildcat football team, basketball team, and even the Arizona Cardinals, Arizona sports prevailed in all of their match-ups.

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  25. article First loss allows No. 4 Arizona to stop pretending

    Friday, January 11, 2013 4:15 pm

    It had an inevitable feel leading up to the game, but also a familiar, uneasy look in the final minutes of another wild finish.

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