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LONGEST McKALE WIN STREAKS
[table “” not found /]PRESENT 43-GAME WIN STREAK
2012-13 — 3 wins (Cal 2/10/13 last defeat)
2013-14 — 18 wins (Beat Oregon 67-65 for 18th victim)
2014-15 — 17 wins (Beat Gonzaga in OT for 26th victim)
2015-16 — 5 wins to date
1987-92 71-GAME WIN STREAK
1987-88 — 19 wins (Duke sixth victim)
1988-89 — 14 wins (Pitt/Sean Miller 25th victim)
1989-90 — 14 wins (Beat Cal in OT for 38th victim)
1990-91 — 17 wins (Beat Duke in 2OT for 60th victim)
1991-92 — 7 wins (UCLA ends streak on 1/11/92)
AT THIS POINT (AND AHEAD) DURING 71-GAME WIN STREAK
No. 43: 2/8/90, 95-70 win over USC
Arizona used a box-and-one defense to shut down USC guard Harold Miner. Averaging 28 points in his last three games, the freshman was held to 13 points as he missed eight of 12 shots from the floor. Matt Muehlebach checked Miner with help from Wayne Womack and forward Jud Buechler.
No. 44: 2/10/90, 83-74 win over UCLA
Sean Rooks scored 24 points and hauled in eight rebounds, leading Arizona to a victory over rival UCLA, increasing it’s nation’s-best home win streak. Buechler contributed 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Bruins lost despite 26 points and 12 rebounds from Don MacLean.
No. 45: 2/15/90, 71-50 win over ASU
Arizona held ASU to only 26.8 percent shooting from the field while setting a school record with 13 blocked shots behind the Tucson Skyline of Brian Williams (five blocked shots), Rooks (three) and Ed Stokes (three). Muehlebach made five three-pointers, four in the first half.
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Site founder and award-winning sports journalist Javier Morales has published his first e-book, “The Highest Form of Living”, a fiction piece about a young man who overcomes a troubled upbringing without his lost father and wayward mother through basketball and hope. His hope is realized through the sport he loves. Basketball enables him to get past his fears. His experience on the court indirectly brings him closer to his parents in a unique, heartfelt way. Please order it at Amazon (for only $4.99) by clicking on the photo:
Pac-12 Networks analyst Matt Muehlebach during his playing days
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He has also written articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.
