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3.6KFeaturedSalpointe’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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1.8KArizona BasketballColumn: 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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1.7KFeaturedArizona 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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1.9KFeaturedOn 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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2.7KArizona BasketballQuotes 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...
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5.0KLute OlsonLute Olson Fantasy Camp Diary
Share Tweet After two years of photographing the opening dinner and some of the competition of the Lute Olson Fantasy Camp, I...
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2.4KArizona BasketballArizona Wildcats Notes: Sean Miller’s Longest NCAA Tourney Stretch Broken
Share Tweet In Sean Miller’s 10 years in Tucson, three times the Arizona Wildcats have not made the NCAA tournament, including this...
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1.8KArizona BasketballLute suffered minor stroke, is expected to make a full recovery
Share Tweet Former University of Arizona and Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson is in good condition after he suffered a minor...
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1.8KArizona BasketballArizona Wildcats Flirted With Dubious McKale Center History Against UC Davis
Share Tweet Arizona was down by one point to a 3-7 team from UC Davis with 1:02 minute left when the ball...
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2.1KBasketballSabino remains undefeated with comeback win at Catalina Foothills
Share Tweet MORE FREE PHOTOS HERE Down 31-15 to Catalina Foothills moments into the second half, Sabino went on an improbable run...
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2.1KExclusivesRichard Jefferson Working Today’s Arizona Wildcats Game, One of Six Former Lute Olson-Coached Players Behind the Mic
Share Tweet Lute Olson’s legacy lives on with Andre Iguodala still contributing to the Golden State Warriors’ success, nine former players now...
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2.5KArizona BasketballJoseph Blair “Fell In Love With Coaching” as Arizona Wildcats Graduate Assistant
Share Tweet It has been a whirlwind week for Joseph Blair, who achieved a goal he set for himself after a short...
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2.7KArizona BasketballA look at Arizona’s Team USA history with Johnson making World Cup Qualifying Team
Share Tweet With Nick Johnson part of the World Cup Qualifying Team, as announced by USA Basketball on Monday, it is a...
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2.0KArizona BasketballKerr: Iguodala “probably a future Hall of Famer”
Share Tweet During his pregame meeting with the media tonight, Arizona legend Steve Kerr heaved some gaudy praise on another Wildcat legend....
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Olson ‘honored’ about statue; appreciates players who played for him
Share Tweet He thanked his players and the fans. In turn, the players said they loved him and the fans applauded him...
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3.7KArizona BasketballSalim Stoudamire’s hoops career reawakens: Drafted in BIG3 League
Share Tweet Former Arizona sharpshooting guard Salim Stoudamire, who has not played professionally since 2013, was drafted in the second round Thursday...
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2.0KArizona BasketballA Salute To Lute: A Statue ‘well-deserved and long overdue’
Share Tweet Much of this column was written in 2007-08 when Lute Olson was celebrating his 50th year of coaching and 25th...
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2.4KArizona BasketballRanking Top 35 Lute Olson accomplishments at Arizona on 35th anniversary of his hire
Share Tweet Thirty-five years ago today, Lute Olson stood in front of a small group of reporters at McKale Center and mentioned...
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2.5KArizona BasketballAnalyzing discussion between eras of Arizona basketball
Share Tweet “Lute Olson wasn’t stubborn like Sean Miller.” “I remember when people said Lute Olson couldn’t coach a lick after he...
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2.0KArizona BasketballOn this day in Arizona NCAA tournament history: March 15
Share Tweet ON THIS DAY IN ARIZONA NCAA TOURNEY HISTORY: March 15 2002: Defeated College of Charleston, 73-69, Second Round (Memphis) Arizona...