Thursday’s win over No. 10 Oregon was enough to deem the weekend successful. But the Arizona Wildcats wanted more and they got just that on Sunday, Jan. 17, after cruising to a 67-51 win over Oregon State and sweeping the Oregon schools for the first time since 2011. Read more
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The Pac-12 players of the “WeAreUnited” movement spoke with Pac-12 commissioner, Larry Scott, on August 6 and were left “disappointed and deeply concerned.” Read more
The Pac-12 released its full 10-game schedule for each conference team on Friday, July 31. The season is headlined by a Territorial Cup between the University of Arizona and ASU followed by USC vs. UCLA and the University of Washington vs Stanford University in week one. The NCAA 20-hour practice rule will begin on Aug. 3 with training camps beginning on Aug. 17. The conference plans on beginning its football season on Sept. 26. Read more
In a normal year, you would have to wait until the end of the season to watch the Arizona Wildcats and the ASU Sun Devils battle it out on the gridiron for territorial bragging rights. But this year, as we all know, is far from normal. Read more
Arizona men’s basketball center Christian Koloko captured the hearts of many Wildcat fans last season with his shot-blocking ability and seven-foot frame. Koloko was written off by many as he was part of Arizona’s loaded 2019 recruiting class that included NBA prospects Nico Mannion, Josh Green and Zeke Nnaji. 247sports described him as “raw” and “physically immature” coming out of high school and was seen by many as a work in progress. Read more
Arizona infielder Dayton Dooney is reportedly transferring out of Arizona, according to a report by D1Baseball. Read more
Extracurriculars are one of the easiest ways to meet people and get involved on campus. Whatever your interests are, the University of Arizona's got something for basically everyone. Read more
Arizona men’s basketball guard Jemarl Baker Jr. sits in his room in Menifee, Calif., next to his medals that he has collected over his high school career. His bed is placed under a framed poster of his favorite basketball player to ever wear a Chicago Bulls uniform. No, not Michael Jordan; Derrick Rose. Read more
Head coach Dave Rubio and the Arizona Wildcats are preparing for a season unlike any other. With the beginning of the fall semester quickly approaching, the 2020 season seems to be heading in a direction with no definitive starting block. Read more
Episode five of Zona Zoom, our sports collaboration between the three Arizona Student Media outlets, is here. Read more
The Pac-12 announced on Friday, July 10, it will be moving to a conference-only season for several fall sports as well as delaying the start of all mandatory athletic activities until further notice. The conference still intends on playing sports in the fall. Read more
As the start of the fall season continues to approach, the biggest question regarding collegiate sports continues to linger. Should the NCAA forge ahead with its plan for a sports season in 2020? Read more
The University of Arizona announced Monday, June 29, that its athletic department will be pausing its reentry plan after the increasing surge of positive COVID-19 cases in Pima County. Read more
Episode three of Zona Zoom, our sports collaboration between the three Arizona Student Media outlets, is here. Read more
The recent hiring of Jason Terry, an 19 year NBA veteran, former NCAA National Player of the Year and team leader on the 1997 Arizona Men’s Basketball national championship squad as an assistant coach to the men’s basketball team means good news for an athletics program in mid-crisis. However, the decision to make a major athletics hire during a campus wide hiring freeze and during major furloughs of university faculty and staff has raised major questions about university management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Arizona men’s basketball senior Ira Lee doesn’t know when the next time he’ll be able to safely play basketball again. He doesn't even know when he will be allowed to return to Tucson and use the university’s training facilities. So, for now, training at a gym in his hometown of Los Angeles with his dad is all he can do. But bigger things are on Lee’s mind during this time: police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. Read more
Episode two of Zona Zoom, our sports collaboration between the three Arizona Student Media outlets, is here! Read more
University of Arizona alumna Christina Birch sits on her family’s cattle ranch in Montana preparing for the day where she finally lives out her dream of becoming an Olympic track cyclist representing Team USA on the biggest stage possible. Birch is one of nine women to be named to the countries’ Track Cycling Long Team in the upcoming Summer Olympics and her journey is unlike any other. Read more
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