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Today just feels like a video type of day, doesn't it? We've dug up some solid hits for your viewing pleasure on this 4th of July. Be safe and...enjoy: ESPN's My Wish: Shaquille O'Neal Jerryd Bayless' Video Draft Diary (4 Episodes) From Last Week's Draft[...]
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Channing Frye is entering free agency. No, not in the NBA but with his NFL fanhood. Frye an Arizona native and a basketball product of Saint Mary's high school in Phoenix and the University of Arizona has ditched his allegiance to the Arizona Cardinals. Instead he is letting fans on his blog decide which NFL [...]
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Why live in Tucson when you can live in Europe? That is the question facing 18-year old basketball prospect Brandon Jennings. Jennings, who signed a letter of intent with the University of Arizona, has faced NCAA academic hurdles. Those hurdles have made him question the decision to attend college at all and explore the option of playing in [...]
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Dear Lute, As a University of Arizona graduate, I wanted to send you a thank you letter. I'm not writing to thank you for strong-arming Chase Budinger back, although that will make the team more bearable to watch. Nor am I writing you to thank you for getting rid of Kevin O'Neill or Miles Simon, [...]
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Emmanuel Negedu, once a member of the U of A's 2008 recruiting class, is headed to Tennessee to play his college basketball. Negedu's release from his scholarship commitment from Arizona was well-publicized. After he was granted the full release, Wildcats' head coach Lute Olson took some shots at the freshman-to-be. Olson said "..there were [...]
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That's the question former Arizona Wildcat forward Chris Dunn decided to ask. Dunn, a former Lute Olson recruit, had to leave the program in 2003 due to poor academics. He has decided to sell his 2003 Pac-10 championship ring. The ring was placed on Ebay.com in early June with the description: [...]
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Chase Budinger has pulled his name from the NBA draft and will return to the University of Arizona for his junior season. The announcement, made right before the NBA's 2PM deadline for early entries, came as a bit of a surprise. Budinger was projected in the top 20 picks when he announced his eligibility for [...]
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FSN has announced that their entire 31-game college football schedule will appear in HD. This includes several appearances by Arizona and Arizona State. The Wildcats will appear in HD on September 20th at UCLA, and October 25th when they host USC in Tucson. The ASU-Oregon State matchup on November 1st will also be shown in [...]
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Arizona Wildcat Fendi Onobun isn't wasting his summer working out for NBA teams. No he is actually just working for one. Onobun, a soon to be senior, is spending his time as a front office intern for the Phoenix Suns (that must have been a hard interview "Hi Steve, I'm Fendi Onobun and I play for [...]
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Fresh off of worrying about Chase Budinger's marketability, Lute Olson is at it again. The Hall of Fame coach granted an hour-long interview to Anthony Gimino of the Tucson Citizen, and Gimino asked a lot of pertinent questions that people want answers to. Lute spared nobody: He blamed athletic director Jim Livengood for the decision to [...]
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Over the next few weeks Rivals.com is releasing their preseason college football countdown. Today they released numbers 70-61 and among those teams was the Arizona Wildcats at number 62. 62. Arizona COACH: Mike Stoops (14-37 in four seasons). LAST SEASON: 5-7 overall, 4-5 in the Pac-10 (sixth in league). FINAL 2007 RIVALS.COM RANKING: [...]
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We are just 19 days away from the spectacle known as the NBA Draft, and Arizona's Chase Budinger is still undecided on whether he'll go pro or return to the University of Arizona for his junior season. Budinger was not invited to the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando, but is working out for teams around the [...]
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Jon Gaston hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 11th inning, and Arizona upset top-ranked Miami 6-3 in Game 1 of their best-of-3 NCAA Super Regional in Coral Gables, Florida. The Wildcats trailed 3-2 until T.J. Steele drove in Brad Glenn with an RBI single in the 7th to tie the score at 3-3, and [...]
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Eighty-five days until college football is upon us. In other words, you better start boning up so you have the most ammunition in your "I hate the BCS" arguments with your friends. And seriously, if any of your friends likes the BCS, start looking for new friends. Jason Lowry of Betfirms.com takes a look [...]
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Daniel Schlereth, a left-handed reliever from the University of Arizona, was picked 26th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the MLB First Year Player Draft. Schlereth, a junior from [...]
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The Detroit Tigers today nabbed University of Arizona reliever Ryan Perry with the 21st overall selection in the MLB First Year Player Draft. Perry recorded a 6-3 record with a 3.07 ERA this season for Arizona.[...]
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It's time for another "Deep thought" with Channing Frye. We already have given you Channing Frye the Love Doctor and Channing Frye picks the flicks but the latest is a gem. Channing Frye is upset about airlines charging $25 for a second carry on bag and he isn't a big fan [...]
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Last weekend, despite being the top-seeded team in their regional, the Arizona Wildcats had to go on the road, to Ann Arbor, Michigan for their first weekend of postseason work. They won that regional, and things are about to get a lot tougher for the 'Cats this weekend. It's on to Coral Gables, Florida, where U of [...]
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As we get closer and closer to the NBA Draft, it dawned on me how far removed playing professional basketball is from the real world. In the real world, experience is everything. Internships, education, training and actual job experience are worth their weight in gold when it comes to landing a job. In [...]
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Reggie Geary, the former University of Arizona basketball player, has returned to Tucson to be an assistant coach on Lute Olson's staff. The question is why? Geary originally was a member of Olson's staff in 2005. That job lasted all of one month. Olson asked Geary to leave his spot on the Wildcats bench to [...]
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To those outside of Arizona, Lute Olson naming Russ Pennell to his coaching staff wasn't that big of a deal. Within the state borders, especially in Tucson, people shuttered. Olson tabbed a former ASU assistant coach, who spent 8 years on the sidelines under head coach Rob Evans. During Pennell's time at [...]
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When news broke Monday that University of Arizona defensive lineman Johnathan Turner had been indicted on a single count of sexual assault it made headlines in most of the major Arizona publications and even made it to ESPN.com’s front page. While the news was unsettling and a bit of a surprise it hasn’t seemed that [...]
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The News: The Arizona Wildcats added much needed depth on Monday night. Kyle Fogg a 6’3” shooting guard out of Brea Olinda High in California committed to the Wildcats and will receive a full scholarship according to his AAU coach Dino Trigonis. Fogg was being pursued by UNLV, Providence and San Diego State. He is [...]
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