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Four years in the making

Sherman Miller, an Arizona Daily Wildcat adviser in the 1960s, said it best: ""What a gang. What people. What a job I've got.""

Playboy's Devilish party

Make all the rivalry-laden jokes about Arizona State University you want, but you've got to hand it to the Sun Devils: They know how to party.

Playboy's Devilish party

Make all the rivalry-laden jokes about Arizona State University you want, but you've got to hand it to the Sun Devils: They know how to party.

Just go public with it

From now on, I'm going public with every problem I encounter.

"Lance Madden, basketball writer 2007-2009"

 Closing schools in Tucson because of snow is never a consideration. National championships, however, create a different topic of discussion.

Anger works in funny ways

Being a journalist or part of a journalism entity is a lot like being an athlete: People in the general public will love you when you're on and hate you with a fiery passion when you're off or do anything to upset them.

'Stars and stripes represented through sticks and skates'

Unless you're a diehard hockey fan, America's Big Four sports leagues are like the Big Three and the little brother who always gets pushed around.

Dually Noted: The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Anna Swenson, Opinons editor:

Breaking down the hoops team's sanctions

Help on wheels

Babies, puppies and crutches.

iWon't buy into the hype

Apple Inc. is the biggest bully in the playground of handheld technology users. Nobody has experienced peer pressure quite like iConsumers.

Dually Noted: Was Livengood UA's friend or foe?

Livengood? Good riddance.

'We are the Daily Wildcat'

Journalism isn't dead and it's not dying. It doesn't even have so much as the common cold.

Gaddy returns to McKale Center boos

Former UA commit Abdul Gaddy was booed in McKale Center every time he touched the ball, but the freshman still scored a career-high 13 points.

Video: Hoops vs. WSU

Check out what Sean Miller, Nic Wise and Derrick Williams had to say after Arizona's loss to Washington State.

Commentary: Arizona's Big Ten shows offensive balance

There's a pretty popular T-shirt available anywhere clever-yet-subtle articles of clothing are made for Los Angeles Lakers fans. In large print, it reads:Kobe &Artest &Pau &Fisher &BynumThe shirt is simple, but highly effective in its message. Although the Lakers are well known for their productive ""Bench Mob,"" these five are the ones who get it going on the court—the real faces of the team. With two players listed by their first names and three listed by their last, they have become family members and have gained fans' trust, whether they win or lose.Someone with a little bit of time and a T-shirt press could make a similar shirt for the UA men's basketball team, though it would require a front and a back.Front:Wise &Horne &Fogg &D-Will &Momo &Back:Solo &Kyryl &KP3 &Tree &LavenderWith the Wildcats so dependent on the offensive production of Nic Wise, Chase Budinger and Jordan Hill last season, Arizona had its Big Three. This season it's the Big Ten.UA head coach Sean Miller uses a large rotation, but it's not too large. It's just right. In fact, the squad is able to balance itself out with each player having his own specialty on the scoring end of the floor.And sometimes roles are switched up. Wise—the senior leader of this season's brotherhood—is fully capable of hitting buzzer beaters in consecutive games. He has the ability to score 30 points when he's on fire, but when he's not, other players have his back.It's a brotherhood thing. It's a balance thing.""That balance is something that is real important and will help us become more consistent and not needed Nic to do everything,"" Miller said.Maybe it's freshman Momo Jones hitting back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime to help the Wildcats beat Lipscomb 83-82.Maybe it's sophomore Kyle Fogg exploding for a career-high 25 points on the road against UCLA.Every player in the rotation has the ability to score when needed.Alex Jacobson, the 6-foot-11 center appropriately nicknamed Tree, has a new nickname from his teammates this season: Swish. The redshirt sophomore has netted 7 of 8 shots off the bench.Jamelle Horne has his monster blocks on defense, which lead to monster dunks on offense—dunks that make for a sweet combination when his 3-pointers are added in the mix.Then there's Solomon Hill's athleticism, Kyryl Natyazhko's heart and Brendon Lavender's hustle.Oh, and that freshman named Kevin Parrom who has only played five collegiate games after sitting Arizona's first 10 out because of a foot injury—best believe he's just getting started.Like Ron Jeremy, any Wildcat can score at any time.That's the beauty of Arizona's Big Ten. Four players scored in double digits in Friday night's two-point loss to Washington State. The other five players registered at least 3 points. (Jacobson didn't play because of back spasms.)""We shared the ball good, we just didn't get any stops,"" said Williams, who scored 13 points in just 17 minutes of work against the Cougars because of foul trouble. ""Offense, we're doing pretty good. Everybody's shooting and getting good numbers and stuff.""Even sophomore guard Garland Judkins was able to contribute in the six games Miller played him. He scored 7 points in 8 minutes at Oklahoma. But Judkins, who will transfer to the University of Texas-San Antonio, was never quite able to crack the unwritten 10-man rotation.Even in blowouts, Miller seldom goes past a 10-player rotation. Walk-ons Max Wiepking and Ross Davidson haven't seen a single minute on the floor this season, even though Arizona has lost by as many as 30 points and has won by as many as 17. DJ Shumpert (seven games) and Dondre Wise (four games) aren't far off.But obviously the rotation is up to Miller, who is a big reason why the Wildcats are so offensively balanced this season. All nine players in Friday's game played at least 10 minutes. The team demonstrates balance in almost every aspect.At least for now, Arizona's Big Ten is pretty much set in stone.So, who owns a T-shirt press?Lance Madden is a journalism senior. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu. Follow him at Twitter.com/LanceMadden.

Video: Postgame BYU interviews

See what UA head coach Sean Miller and players had to say about Fredette's 49 points.

Baskets & Bullets

• Parrom scores first points— UA freshman wing Kevin Parrom scored his first collegiate points with a pair of layups with a little more than 5 minutes to go in the game. He went 0-for-5 from the free throw line.Parrom missed the first 10 games of the season because of a stress fracture in his foot.""Honestly, it's been rough being out for a period of time,"" Parrom said. ""... I just have to go back to practice and keep working on my game, and hopefully it will come through.""I know the plays and stuff. I just have to get out there and do what I do,"" he added. ""Right now it's just a real hard time for me because I haven't played in a while. But once I find my groove I'll be fine.""• ‘Swish' keeps on swishin'— Nicknamed for his size, 6-foot-11 center Alex Jacobson is called Tree by his teammates and friends. But ever since his game against Lipscomb, when he scored 6 points, his teammates have been calling the redshirt sophomore Swish.Jacobson has gone 5-for-5 from the floor, scoring 11 points in just 30 minutes of work in the last three games. He scored just 7 points in 39 minutes in seven games before this recent three-game stretch.• Slowly climbing— After missing a game with a mid-foot sprain and then not starting against North Carolina state last week, junior Jamelle Horne was back in the starting lineup against BYU.Horne had just 5 points on 2-for-8 shooting, but he did pull down six rebounds. His stock in NBADraft.com's 2011 mock draft rose one spot from No. 47 to No. 46 since his game against NC State.• So quiet— McKale Center didn't have its usual pep Monday night, as a result of the pep band and cheer squad being out of town for the football team's bowl game in San Diego on Wednesday.• Crazy 8s— Five total players from each team had 8 points apiece in the first half. UA's  Nice Wise scored eight straight Wildcat points at a period in the first half. Those were the only points, however, Wise scored in the game.• Falling short— With Arizona's loss to BYU, the Wildcats fell to 6-6 on the season. In the last seven seasons, Arizona has never gone in to Pacific 10 Conference play with less than seven wins. It started Pac-10 play with nine wins in each of the last three seasons.The Wildcats play at USC on Thursday.""We've challenged ourselves like all of the Arizona teams of the past,"" said UA head coach Sean Miller. ""My biggest worry is that you can really lose confidence when you get beat like that, and you've gone through the 12-game schedule that we have.""

Fighting on

Last June it was impossible for Dave Rose to know he would have a men's basketball team tied for first place in the Mountain West Conference heading into the end of 2009. It was impossible for him to know his team would have the No. 10 Ratings Percentage Index in the nation.Rose couldn't fathom, last June, that on the day he turned 52, Dec. 19, his Brigham Young University team would smash Eastern Washington 91-34, marking the largest margin of victory against a Division I team the Cougars have ever experienced.In June, while he lie a hospital bed for nearly two weeks, Rose was just hoping he would be able to coach again.""I can't imagine what it would be like if I had to come out and say, ‘Hey, I can't coach anymore,'"" Rose said in McKale Center Sunday afternoon, his hair much grayer than it was when he took the Cougars to the NCAA Tournament the past four seasons.The BYU head coach had emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding this past summer. Tests done during the surgery showed Rose had pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cancer. He had his spleen and part of his pancreas removed.Rose was told he had a 5-in-a-million chance of pulling through cleanly.According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that 42,470 new cases of pancreatic cancer are discovered each year and 35,240 people die from the cancer annually. But because Rose had a rarer form, it was treatable.He had a scan at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah in September, and he was cleared to coach this season.""That was kind of a big day,"" Rose said.Rose will have another scan in March, and then another one six months later.""What I went through physically, I think all of us could go through,"" Rose said. ""You can physically get yourself strength and go through those things. ... The toughest part was mentally, just not knowing what was next, and trying to stay positive and treat that situation as something that will pass.""Even though he is 13 games into this season and his team is 12-1, Rose doesn't feel any pressure for his Cougars to perform. He doesn't feel much pressure as a coach. Yes, his lineup may be shuffled year to year due to players leaving to go on religious missions, but he knows they'll be back. BYU has a recruiting database through 2016-17, and he knows his current team is good.Rose is thankful just to be coaching—something he wasn't sure he would be able to do anymore when he was in that hospital bed in June.""It's what I want to do, and hopefully my health will allow me to keep doing it,"" Rose said. ""I never really thought about it before this summer. I just thought I would be able to coach until I didn't want to coach anymore. ""Now you just realize,"" he added, ""that this is an opportunity that I'm grateful for.""

Video: Wise beats another buzzer