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— The last time ASU coach Bobby Hurley visited Tucson and McKale Center was almost 25 years ago when his Duke team lost 103-96 in a classic double-overtime game against the Wildcats (see the video below). The Blue Devils were ranked No. 7 and Arizona No. 9. The game was on Feb. 24, 1991, a late-season marquee non-conference game that we do not see any more. Arizona extended its nation-leading home winning streak to 61 games at the time with the gut-wrenching win over Mike Krzyzewski’s team that included Hurley, Christian Laettner and Grant Hill. … Matt Muehlebach scored seven points in the second overtime as the Wildcats (22-5) beat the Blue Devils (23-6). Hurley, who fouled out late in the second overtime, commented afterward to the Associated Press that Muehlebach’s opening three-pointer of that period “was a key basket for them. It gave them the momentum they needed. We weren’t able to come up with the crucial play to get us over the hump.” … Hurley finished with 14 points and eight assists. He made 3 of 7 from three-point range. …
— Arizona enters the week as one of only two programs in the nation to have four active players on its roster with at least 1,000 career points at the NCAA Division I level. Ryan Anderson (1,679 points), Mark Tollefsen (1,232 points), Kaleb Tarczewski (1,116 points) and Gabe York (1,016 points) make up the UA quartet of scorers. George Washington is the only other program in the nation to have four active players with 1,000 NCAA Division I career points. … Including Kadeem Allen’s scoring at Hutchinson (Kan.) Junior College, Arizona has five players with more than 1,000 points post-high school for the first time since the 1987-88 season. …
ARIZONA’S 1,000-POINT SCORERS
Overall
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Points
Ryan Anderson,2011-16,1679
Kadeem Allen,2012-16,1638
Mark Tollefsen,2012-16,1232
Kaleb Tarczewski,2012-16,1116
Gabe York,2012-16,1016
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Before Arizona
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,School,Points
Kadeem Allen,Hutchinson (Kan.) JC,1425
Ryan Anderson,Boston College,1282
Mark Tollefsen,San Francisco,1006
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1987-88 (by end of that season)
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Points
Sean Elliott,1985-88,1820
Tom Tolbert,1986-88,1495
Steve Kerr,1983-88,1445
Craig McMillan,1984-88,1174
Anthony Cook,1985-88,1012
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Before Arizona
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,School,Points
Tom Tolbert,UC Irvine/Cerritos JC,541
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— Tollefsen led the Wildcats in productivity for the first time this season with his performance against USC on Sunday. He averages 8.3 points and 3.5 rebounds a game. He is more of a defensive threat lately, second on the team with 20 blocked shots. Allen leads the Wildcats with 22. Tollefsen is not the equal of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on defense overall with foot speed and anticipation, but Hollis-Jefferson had only 12 more blocked shots than where Tollefsen is now …
— ASU sophomore guard Tra Holder is averaging a team-best 15.3 points and has made 46 three-pointers. He has led the team in scoring in 15 games and has seven 20-point games. He became the first Sun Devil to post five straight 20-point games since James Harden did it in his freshman season of 2007-08 and the first Pac-12 player to open league play with four straight 20-point games since Cal’s Patrick Christopher in 2008-09. … Holder will initially be matched against Parker Jackson-Cartwright, who will start his third straight game and four out of the last five. Jackson-Cartwright is third in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5) with 95 assists and only 38 turnovers. Jackson-Cartwright has also made a league-leading 53.8 percent (15 of 28) of his three-point attempts in conference games. … Fitting that in a game pitting two coaches who were point guards (Sean Miller and Hurley) has two point guards who have become valuable to their teams. …
— Arizona’s opponents have fouled out 30 times, only eight away from the school record of 38 set in 1974-75, when the Wildcats had the unstoppable forces of Bob Elliott and Al Fleming around the basket. It is the most amount of opponent disqualifications since 2000-01, when 34 foul outs occurred. That team that reached the NCAA title game had the late Michael Wright, relentless inside, along with the slashing Richard Jefferson and active post player Loren Woods. … Ryan Anderson, who can be bullish around the basket, has drawn the most fouls. He has attempted 163 free throws with 121 made. Derrick Williams holds the Arizona record with 247 free throws in 331 attempts in 2010-11. …
— ASU’s leading rebounder is Savon Goodman, a 6’6″ and 220-pound forward, with 6.9 a game. Goodman has nine career double-doubles. Anderson has 13 this season. Goodman’s last double-double is a 10-point and 10-rebound performance against Washington on Jan. 16. Arizona should have a size advantage with Anderson and Tarczewski, who combined are averaging 19 rebounds a game. What Arizona should concern itself with most is the athleticism and hustle of Goodman, Obinna Oleka, Willie Atwood and Gerry Blakes (combined 22.6 rebounds a game) making something out of nothing. …
— York had one of his best games at ASU early last month. He led the Wildcats in productivity with 22 points with six assists and only one turnover in 30 minutes. York, who leads the Pac-12 with 72 made three-pointers, is only four shy of cracking Arizona’s top 10 career list in that category. Salim Stoudamire holds the record with 120 made in 2004-05. York is on pace to have 86 three-pointers by the end of the regular season. …
— If you’re curious as to whether John Higgins, the ref who ejected Hurley from last month’s game, will work tonight’s game, the answer is no. Pac-12 officiating coordinator Bob Dibler told CBS’s Seth Davis recently that Higgins will not work any more Sun Devil games this season but may be assigned to ASU games in the future. Higgins was supposed to work a game at Tempe when ASU played Washington, two weeks after the episode in Tempe, but he and Dibler thought it would be best to work a different game. …
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ASU (14-12, 4-9) VS.
NO. 12 ARIZONA (21-5, 9-4)
Tip Time: 6:07 p.m. MST
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Pasch/Miles Simon)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Brian Jeffries/Ryan Hansen)
THE SERIES
Overall: Arizona leads 147-82
Current Streak: Arizona won 1
Last Meeting: Arizona won 94-82 in Tempe (1-9-16)
Sean Miller vs. ASU: 10-5
WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY RATING?:
PP: Productivity Points (Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, FGs made, FTs made added together and then subtracted by missed FGs, missed FTs, personal fouls and turnovers)
MIN: Minutes played overall
PR: Productivity rating per minute played (Productivity points divided by minutes played)
SEASON PRODUCTIVITY RATING
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,G,S,PP,MIN,PR
Ryan Anderson,PF,25,25,715,741,.965
Dusan Ristic,C,26,9,356,458,.777
Kaleb Tarczewski,C,18,16,345,472,.731
Allonzo Trier,SG,19,13,359,521,.689
Kadeem Allen,PG,26,23,349,632,.552
Gabe York,SG,26,26,442,856,.516
Mark Tollefsen,SF,26,11,331,649,.510
P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,26,3,196,569,.344
Elliott Pitts,SG,7,2,7,149,.047
AVG 5-9.9 MIN,,,,
Chance Comanche,C,16,0,45,87,.517
Justin Simon,SG,20,0,62,175,.354
AVG 1-4.9 MIN,,,,
Jacob Hazzard,PG,5,0,8,15,.533
Paulo Cruz,SG,4,0,-3,10,-.300
TOTAL TEAM,,26,,3191,5325,.599
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PRODUCTIVITY REPORT
ARIZONA PAC-10/12
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:
[table sort=”desc”]
Name (Year),G,S,PP,MIN,PR
Derrick Williams (2011),38,38,1190,1141,1.043
Sean Elliott (1989),33,33,1128,1125,1.003
Chris Mills (1993),28,28,838,870,.963
Sean Elliott (1988),38,38,1167,1249,.934
D. Stoudamire (1995),30,30,964,1092,.883
Mike Bibby (1998),35,35,905,1124,.805
Jason Terry (1999),29,29,877,1107,.792
Nick Johnson (2014),38,38,848,1254,.676
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Previous meeting:
ARIZONA 94, ARIZONA STATE 82
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
*Gabe York,SG,34,30,1.133
*Allonzo Trier,SG,31,32,.969
*Dusan Ristic,C,17,20,.850
Kaleb Tarczewski,C,12,15,.800
*Ryan Anderson,PF,20,30,.667
*Kadeem Allen,PG,20,31,.645
Mark Tollefsen,SF,10,17,.588
P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,5,20,.250
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
Justin Simon,SG,-1,5,-.200
TOTAL TEAM,,148,200,.740
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Previous game:
ARIZONA 86, USC 78
PRODUCTIVITY RATING
* — STARTERS
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Mark Tollefsen,SF,23,21,1.095
Dusan Ristic,C,18,18,1.000
*Ryan Anderson,PF,20,28,.714
*Kaleb Tarczewski,C,16,25,.640
*Allonzo Trier,SG,17,29,.586
*Gabe York,SG,19,33,.576
*P.Jackson-Cartwright,PG,12,24,.500
Kadeem Allen,PG,10,22,.455
LESS THAN 10 MIN,,,,
None,,,,
TOTAL TEAM,,135,200,.675
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We are asking all fans to wear RED tomorrow against ASU! #APlayersProgram pic.twitter.com/7oaGtdjkfc
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) February 16, 2016
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HOW ARE THEY DOING?
Present power ranking of non-conference opponents Arizona has played according to KenPom.com.
[table sort=”desc”]
Rank,Opponent,Rec,Result,Date
No.30,Gonzaga,20-6,UA/68-63,12/5/15
No.56,Providence,19-7,PC/69-65,11/27/15
No.87,L.Beach St,14-12,UA/85-70,12/22/15
No.102,Boise St,17-9,UA/88-76,11/19/15
No.102,Boise St,17-9,UA/68-59,11/29/15
No.109,UNLV,15-12,UA/82-70,12/19/15
No.132,Fresno St,16-9,UA/85-72,12/9/15
No.168,Missouri,10-16,UA/88-52,12/13/15
No.241,Pacific,7-17,UA/79-61,11/13/15
No.257,Santa Clara,9-17,UA/75-73(OT),11/26/15
No.316,NW State,7-16,UA/61-42,11/22/15
No.337,Bradley,4-23,UA/90-60,11/16/15
No.341,NAU,4-20,UA/92-37,12/16/15
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PAC-12 POMEROY RATINGS
Present RPI ranking of Pac-12 teams according to KenPom.com.
[table sort=”desc”]
Rank,Opponent,Ovr,P12,Pomeroy
No.15,Arizona,21-5,9-4,.8972
No.21,Oregon,20-6,9-4,.8809
No.27,USC,18-7,7-5,.8552
No.32,California,17-8,7-5,.8425
No.40,Utah,19-7,8-5,.8283
No.54,UCLA,14-11,5-7,.7901
No.63,Colorado,19-7,8-5,.7648
No.69,Washington,15-10,7-6,.7483
No.70,Oregon St.,15-9,6-7,.7481
No.79,Arizona St.,14-12,4-9,.7414
No.110,Stanford,12-11,5-7,.6397
No.164,Washington St.,9-16,1-12,.4972
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Miller https://t.co/qlfPErJdtQ pic.twitter.com/iPe61lIFAd— Arizona Athletics (@AZATHLETICS) February 15, 2016
The Stanimal @iAmSJ is also a McKale favorite! #APlayersProgram pic.twitter.com/JQCIWrouSw
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) February 15, 2016
Always great having @iPass4Zona back in McKale! #APlayersProgram pic.twitter.com/e3XX0RAlCl
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) February 15, 2016
.@Air_Tolly23 for 3 #APlayersProgram pic.twitter.com/olKQldHl1R
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) February 15, 2016
.@ristic_dusan with slam! pic.twitter.com/J0WNHUE5tK
— Arizona Basketball (@APlayersProgram) February 15, 2016
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ARIZONA’S TOP SCORING CENTERS
Rank: Overall school ranking.
[table=”desc”]
Rank,Name,Years,Points
2.,Bob Elliott,1973-77,2131
9.,Channing Frye,2001-05,1789
14.,Anthony Cook,1985-89,1590
15.,Sean Rooks,1988-92,1497
25.,Frank Smith,1979-83,1329
32.,Jordan Hill,2006-09,1208
41.,Kaleb Tarczewski,2012-16,1116
43.,A.J. Bramlett,1995-99,1098
44.,Joseph Blair,1992-96,1086
51.,Ed Stokes,1989-93,984
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MOST CAREER REBOUNDS
[table sort=”desc”]
Reb,Player,Years
1190,Al Fleming,1973-76
1083,Bob Elliott,1974-77
975,Channing Frye,2001-05
861,Anthony Cook,1986-89
837,Bill Reeves,1954-57
832,Michael Wright,1998-2001
824,Ernie McCray,1957-60
817,A.J. Bramlett,1996-99
808,Sean Elliott,1986-89
793,Kaleb Tarczewski,2013-16
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MOST CAREER VICTORIES IN GAMES PLAYED
Note: Gabe York is at 101 wins.
[table sort=”desc”]
Player,Years,Wins
Matt Muehlebach,1988-91,109
Jason Gardner,2000-03,107
Kaleb Tarczewski,2012–16,106
Matt Othick,1989-92,106
Anthony Cook,1986-89,105
Sean Elliott,1986-89,105
Jud Buechler,1987-90,105
Jordin Mayes,2011-14,105
Sean Rooks,1989-92,104
Khalid Reeves,1991-94,104
Reggie Geary,1993-96,104
Michael Dickerson,1995-98,104
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MOST CAREER STARTS
[table sort=”desc”]
Starts,Player,Years
135,Jason Gardner,2000-03
133,Sean Elliott,1986-89
129,Mustafa Shakur,2004-07
129,Solomon Hill,2010-13
123,Anthony Cook,1986-89
123,Kaleb Tarczewski,2013-16
119,Channing Frye,2002-05
119,Kyle Fogg,2009-12
117,Salim Stoudamire,2002-05
109,Craig McMillan,1985-88
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THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS CAREER
[table sort=”desc”]
FG,G,Player,Years
342,129,Salim Stoudamire,2001-05
318,136,Jason Gardner,1999-2003
272,123,Damon Stoudamire,1992-95
203,116,Gabe York,2012-present
193,129,Jason Terry,1996-99
193,139,Kyle Fogg,2008-12
191,129,Matt Othick,1989-92
190,100,Chase Budinger,2006-09
186,128,Khalid Reeves,1991-94
176,114,Miles Simon,1994-98
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THREE-POINT GOALS SEASON
[table sort=”desc”]
Rank,FG,Player,Season
1.,120,Salim Stoudamire,2004-05
2.,114,Steve Kerr,1987-88
3.,112,Damon Stoudamire,1994-95
4.,106,Jason Gardner,2001-02
5.,93,Damon Stoudamire,1993-94
6.,85,Khalid Reeves,1993-94
7.,78,Salim Stoudamire,2003-04
8.,77,Mike Bibby,1997-98
9.,76,Jason Terry,1998-99
10.,76,Jason Gardner,2000-01
,72,Gabe York,2015-16
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ARIZONA SCHEDULE/PRODUCTIVITY RESULTS
*-John Wooden Legacy in Fullerton/Anaheim (Calif.)
[table sort=”desc”]
Date,Opponent,Results,TeamPR,Productivity Leader,Pos,PP,MIN,PR
Feb. 14,USC,86-78 (W),.675,Mark Tollefsen,SF,23,21,1.095
Feb. 12,UCLA,81-75 (W),.570,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,25,28,.893
Feb. 6,at Washington,77-72 (W),.505,Ryan Anderson,PF,41,33,1.242
Feb. 3,at Washington St.,79-64 (W),.575,Ryan Anderson,PF,52,32,1.625
Jan. 30,Oregon St.,80-63 (W),.655,Dusan Ristic,C,11,12,.917
Jan. 28,Oregon,83-75 (L),.545,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,32,1.188
Jan. 23,at California,74-73 (L),.525,Dusan Ristic,C,18,18,1.000
Jan. 21,at Stanford,71-57 (W),.606,Ryan Anderson,PF,31,31,1.000
Jan. 16,Washington St.,90-66 (W),.695,Ryan Anderson,PF,30,24,1.250
Jan. 14,Washington,99-67 (W),.870,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,25,1.520
Jan. 9,at USC,103-101 (4OT) (L),.453,Dusan Ristic,C,15,18,.833
Jan. 7,at UCLA,87-84 (L),.630,Kaleb Tarczewski,C,29,24,1.208
Jan. 3,at ASU,94-82 (W),.740,Gabe York,SG,34,30,1.133
Dec. 22,Long Beach State,85-70 (W),.665,Allonzo Trier,SG,29,31,.935
Dec. 19,UNLV,82-70 (W),.650,Dusan Ristic,C,30,25,1.200
Dec. 16,NAU,92-37 (W),.860,Ryan Anderson,PF,38,19,2.000
Dec. 13,Missouri,88-52 (W),.700,Ryan Anderson,PF,28,24,1.667
Dec. 9,Fresno State,85-72 (W),.595,Allonzo Trier,SG,42,33,1.273
Dec. 5,at Gonzaga,68-63 (W),.450,Allonzo Trier,SG,27,35,.771
Nov. 29,*Boise State,68-59 (W),.485,Kadeem Allen,PG,23,25,.920
Nov. 27,*Providence,69-65 (L),.410,Ryan Anderson,PF,44,32,1.375
Nov. 26,*Santa Clara,75-73 OT (W),.436,Ryan Anderson,PF,27,36,.750
Nov. 22,Northwestern State,61-42 (W),.440,Gabe York,SG,21,26,.750
Nov. 19,Boise State,88-76 (W),.695,Parker Jackson-Cartwright,PG,23,18,1.278
Nov. 16,Bradley,90-60 (W),.710,Allonzo Trier,SG,43,23,1.870
Nov. 13,Pacific,79-61 (W),.595,Ryan Anderson,PF,40,26,1.538
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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