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4.7KFeaturedMuehlebach a Salpointe Freshman Volleyball Player Making Name For Herself
Share Tweet The last name Muehlebach came up in a tweet the other day signifying a record established in Tucson. It was...
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4.3KArizona Players Now Coaches
Seven Lute Olson Players Among 40 Former Arizona Wildcats Who Are Head Coaches
Share Tweet Seven of the late Lute Olson’s former players at Arizona are presently coaching their own programs. The players who played...
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Arizona’s Snowden and Georgetown’s Thompson Coached in Historic 1976 NCAA Tournament Game
Share Tweet The first meeting of African-American coaches in an NCAA tournmament game occurred in 1976, when Fred “The Fox” Snowden of...
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Oh the Memories: My time with Lute
Share Tweet In truth, I never wanted to be the University of Arizona men’s basketball beat writer. I backed into the beat...
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Todd Walsh, Student Manager at Outset of Lute Olson Era, Offers Spirited Video Tribute of Hall of Fame Coach
Share Tweet Access all of our stories devoted to the life and accomplishments of Arizona’s Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson by...
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Lure of Lute: “Stoic Hollywood-Looking” Olson Prompted Tucson Treasure Bill Leith To Move from NYC
Share Tweet EDITOR NOTE: Legendary local youth baseball organizer Bill Leith, featured in AllSportsTucson.com’s “Tucson’s Treasures” series earlier this summer, wrote the...
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3.1KArizona Basketball
Icon, Father Figure, Mentor, coach Lute Olson will be missed
Share Tweet What do you say to a man who had an impact on a city, a school, a program, thousands of...
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Social Media Reactions of Lute Olson’s Passing
Share Tweet Hall of Fame Arizona coach Lute Olson has passed away at 85, but his legendary status in Tucson and this...
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3.2KArizona Basketball
Rivera: Looking back at Lute’s Time at UA
Share Tweet “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.” Singer James Taylor...
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Ranking Top Accomplishments in Lute Olson Era at Arizona
Share Tweet On March 29, 1983, Lute Olson stood in front of a small group of reporters at McKale Center and mentioned...
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What They Said About Lute Olson
Share Tweet Lute Olson lived to be 85 years old, born Sept. 22, 1934, in Mayville, N.D., which has a population of...
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Thank You Lute Olson For All The Surreal Moments
Share Tweet To a young reporter starting his first major beat, walking into Lute Olson’s office at McKale Center was like stepping...
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Jason Terry on Adia Barnes’ Sunday Night Live!: “Banner is Going Up in that Building for Women’s Basketball”
Share Tweet Adia Barnes hosts a weekly Arizona Women’s Basketball Instagram show called “Sunday Night Live!” and her guest tonight was Arizona...
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Arizona Legend Jason Terry Talks Family, Believing in Sean Miller, Recruiting Northwest and More
Share Tweet Jason Terry is new to coaching in college — his first season as an assistant at his alma mater Arizona...
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Eye on the Ball Show: Arizona Legend Steve Kerr Talks About Background with Wildcats, Fond Memories of Tucson
Share Tweet Tuesday’s Eye on the Ball radio show on KVOI (1030-AM) included the most identifiable former Arizona athlete in history —...
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Salpointe’s Grant Weitman to walk-on for Arizona
Share Tweet Grant Weitman grew up in a home where Lute Olson was simply grandpa’s best friend and going to McKale Center...
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Column: History Shows Chemistry, Luck More To Do With Success Than Continuity, Experience — Arizona Has None Recently
Share Tweet What makes Arizona’s 1996-97 national championship team even more special is the fact it had the least amount of returning...
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Arizona Wildcats’ Championship Anniversary: Steve Rivera’s “Eye on the Ball” Features Jason Terry, A.J. Bramlett
Share Tweet On this night 23 years ago, what were you doing? Where did you watch the game? Steve Rivera was courtside...
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On This Day: Arizona Wildcats Pull Off Biggest Upset in Program History Over No. 1 Kansas in Sweet 16
Share Tweet Editor’s note: AllSportsTucson.com writers Javier Morales (Arizona Daily Star) and Steve Rivera (Tucson Citizen) were the beat reporters of the...
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Quotes About Arizona Wildcats Legend Lute Olson, Who Celebrates 85th Birthday Today
Share Tweet Lute Olson’s life began 85 years ago today — Sept. 22, 1934, in Mayville, N.D., which has a population of...
