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Thunder, lightning & some reign: Arizona’s bigs take over a sluggish first half

Share Tweet This one, Tommy Lloyd said, was on him. The slow start to begin the game – something that has given...

Arizona Wins Sixth in a Row after Sweep of Washington Schools

Share Tweet How sweep it is … for the Arizona Wildcats. Arizona went to the great northwest and is now leaving with...

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Passport U continues to roll; Arizona wins easily vs. WSU

Share Tweet The first thing Tommy Lloyd said he’d go do in the winning Arizona locker room on Thursday night was tell...

Run-and-Stun Cats back at it vs. Sun Devils to complete regular-season sweep

Share Tweet TEMPE – Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd had to sit down for his postgame press conference after Arizona beat up on...

Arizona gets methodical win by outlasting USC’s grind-it-out style

Share Tweet One clipboard gone, a big win in hand. Tommy Lloyd & Co., will take the trade-off. What is that a...

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Arizona turns the table on UCLA, gets energy, efficiency and effort for the W

Share Tweet Dalen Terry wanted to answer the question and almost did. He thought for a second then smiled his wide small...

Arizona wins ‘choppy rock fight’ over visiting ASU

Share Tweet When Kerr Kriisa hit his first 3-pointer in what seemed like a lifetime – actually with 15:23 left in the...

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Unblocked: Koloko named to Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list

Share Tweet This will show how far Christian Koloko has come on the court. He was just named to the Naismith Defensive...

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Arizona loses sixth straight to UCLA; offense, defense just wasn’t there for a win

Share Tweet Experience beat youth on Tuesday night … and it wasn’t all that close. In fact, Arizona, the youthful part of...

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Arizona sweeps the Bay area … now on to the main course – UCLA

Share Tweet Arizona feasted on a couple of appetizers the last two games in the Bay area. Now on to the main...

Stanford no match for Arizona; Ballo and bench makes sure of it

Share Tweet It was a five-star night for the third-ranked Arizona Wildcats. It, however, comes with an asterisk. Five Arizona players scored...

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No Kriisa? No problem (for a half) but Lloyd concerned with team’s culture

Share Tweet Adversity, if doesn’t happen once, twice or a few times in a season then you’re not having a season. And,...

Kier & Co. Kill the Buffaloes, now atop the Pac-12 Conference

Share Tweet Justin Kier saw the shot clock with only one second left while near the halfcourt line with just a few...

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Arizona to face UCLA Jan. 25 in LA

Share Tweet Arizona fans can rest easy. Sixth-ranked Arizona will now face third-ranked UCLA on Jan. 25. It’s the rescheduled game that...

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Lloyd: No apologies in victories after routing UW; Saturday’s game with ASU postponed

Share Tweet Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd wanted no part of the question, cutting off the reporter as he listed UA’s turnovers and...

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No longer undefeated, Arizona looks to learn from Tennesse loss, well, ‘because’

Share Tweet Earth has reclaimed the Arizona Wildcats. And, well, so has the college basketball scene. Re-entry wasn’t pretty at times, given...

Arizona’s block party moves its record to 11-0

Share Tweet About 12,000 or so people went to see Arizona win its 11th game this season. What they witnessed was a...

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Stoic Tubelis shines with near triple double in UA’s 101-76 win

Share Tweet Azuolas Tubelis smiled on Wednesday night. Well, maybe smirked for a second. I know because I saw it. My non-lying...

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