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What to watch for when Arizona men’s basketball opens season vs. defending champ Florida
To many Arizona fans, college basketball season technically begins with the Red-Blue game, or even after the first time football loses. Officially, it starts Monday, and boy does it ever. The Wildcats, who begin the 2025-26 season ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, open play in Las Vegas against No. 3 Florida, […]
Tracking snap counts and Pro Football Focus grades from Arizona’s win at Colorado
The scoreboard tells the ultimate story, with Arizona’s 52-17 win at Colorado on Saturday all that really matters. Yet from an overall grading standpoint, the Wildcats’ first road victory in more than a year wasn’t as outstanding as it may have seemed. Likely due to the subpar performances from the backups on offense, Arizona (5-3, […]
Arizona football opens as small favorite vs. Kansas
Arizona football will go for bowl eligibility when it hosts Kansas Saturday afternoon, and oddsmakers the Wildcats’ chances of picking up their sixth win. Arizona (5-3) has opened as a 3.5-point favorite versus Kansas, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The over/under is 56.5 points. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. MST and the game will air […]
What Brent Brennan, Jay’vion Cole and Nunu Whatley said after Arizona’s win over Colorado
Arizona head coach Brent Brennan hasn’t experienced many happy flights back home to Tucson following a road game. Before Saturday, the Wildcats were 1-6 on the road under Brennan. Then came a 52-17 beatdown of the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder, a victory that moves Arizona (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) to one win shy of bowl […]
Grading Arizona football’s performance in win at Colorado
Coming off of the second bye week of the season, Arizona was looking to get back on track after two heartbreaking losses against Colorado. It was a dominant performance from the Wildcats who put a 52-17 beatdown on the Buffaloes to improve to 5-3 (2-3 Big 12) on the season. Brent Brennan’s squad is now […]
Arizona football blows out Colorado to snap road skid
Wildcats a win away from bowl eligibility Arizona broke out its all-white uniform combo for the first time this season, looking like a team of ghosts for Halloween, and then promptly proceeded to haunt Colorado’s Homecoming. The Wildcats scored on six of its first seven possessions en route to a 52-17 win over the Buffaloes […]
Arizona softball stymies GCU in fall exhibition game
Under coach Caitlin Lowe, Arizona softball has usually opted to play fall exhibition games against schools from lower divisions like the NAIA. On Saturday Arizona challenged itself by playing GCU in Phoenix. The result, a 6-1 win over a 10-inning game, should give the Wildcats some more confidence as they close out the fall season […]
Arizona football at Colorado game thread
It’s Game Day! The Arizona Wildcats return from a bye to visit the Colorado Buffaloes, where they won in 2023 on a walkoff field goal by Tyler Loop. Here’s everything you need to know to watch or listen to the game, as well as our pregame coverage. Come chat with us! Arizona-Colorado game time, details: […]
Arizona football at Colorado: Game time, TV schedule, odds, streaming and more
It’s Game Day! The Arizona Wildcats return from a bye to visit the Colorado Buffaloes, where they won in 2023 on a walkoff field goal by Tyler Loop. Here’s everything you need to know to watch or listen to the game, as well as our pregame coverage. Arizona-Colorado game time, details: How can I watch […]
Arizona volleyball rebounds from Texas Tech loss with sweep of No. 13 TCU
After an extremely disappointing performance at Texas Tech on Wednesday, the Arizona Wildcats volleyball players and coaches had a long meeting before getting on the plane to come home. It seemed to work. The team returned to McKale Center and swept No. 13 TCU on Halloween by the score of 25-16, 25-23, 26-24. “We needed […]
Wildcat Wrap: Arizona cross country has mixed results at Big 12 Championships
Editor’s note: With several sports going on, Wildcat Wrap serves as a recap that focuses on the Arizona programs that we do not have the time to cover on a regular basis but are certainly worthy of recognition. Arizona cross country competed at the Big 12 Championships Friday in Lawrence, Ks., where the men’s team […]
What to watch for when Arizona football visits Colorado
With five games remaining in the regular season, Arizona is two wins away from being eligible for a bowl. The Wildcats have been in that same scenario since early October, though, dropping their last two games by one score apiece before getting a week off. Refreshed and refocused, Arizona (4-3, 1-3 Big 12) begins the […]
SB Nation Reacts: Arizona men’s basketball fans predict season’s top scorer
Following back-to-back years with Caleb Love serving as the team’s leading scorer, Arizona heads into the 2025-26 season with only one player who averaged double figures a year ago. That’s Jaden Bradley, who will again be a big part of the Wildcats’ offense, but will the senior be able to elevate his game to where […]
Arizona soccer ends season with draw against rival ASU
It was far from a perfect season for the Arizona Wildcats’ senior soccer players. Four of the five finished their careers without a trip to the NCAA Tournament. On the other hand, they got to play spoiler to in-state rival Arizona State by helping keep the Sun Devils out of the Big 12 Tournament with […]
Arizona women’s basketball pulls away late against Cal State LA to win exhibition
After a tough first outing for Becky Burke and the Arizona women’s basketball team, they were looking to bounce back tonight in the final exhibition game of the season. In a 59–43 game, it was a bit close for comfort against Cal State LA. “Were we perfect?” asked Burke. “No, are there still plenty of […]
Former Arizona star Aari McDonald to play in Unrivaled basketball league
Former Arizona women’s basketball star Aari McDonald has gone back and forth about the idea of playing overseas during the WNBA offseason. While her first try at it wasn’t a happy time, she has excelled the last two seasons in Australia and China. In 2026, the self-proclaimed “homebody” doesn’t have to go overseas. Instead, she […]
Arizona football at Colorado score predictions
With five games left in the regular season, Arizona needs to win at least two of them in order to become bowl eligible. The first opportunity comes Saturday at Colorado. The Buffaloes (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) just lost 53-7 at Utah last weekend but at home are 3-2 with the losses by one score each […]
Florida men’s basketball expert previews the Arizona game, makes a score prediction
It’s been more than seven months since Arizona’s season ended with another trip to the Sweet 16. It was the third time in four years under Tommy Lloyd the Wildcats made it that far, but like the previous NCAA tournaments that was as far as they went. Among those that kept playing after the UA […]
Arizona lands first 2027 commitment in Texas safety Jalani Culpepper
The Arizona Wildcats have found some pretty good success on the recruiting trail this season. They currently have 20 members of the 2026 class and have a pretty good member of the 2028 class as well. On Wednesday night, they added their first 2027 member. Jalani Culpepper, a 2027 athlete from Texas, announced his decision […]
Texas Tech damages Arizona volleyball’s NCAA Tournament hopes with dominant sweep
Arizona head coach Rita Stubbs said that Texas Tech was competitive at home, but the Red Raiders came into Wednesday afternoon’s match against the Wildcats with just one conference win and an RPI of 152. Besides, it wasn’t a competitive match. TTU went on huge runs to sweep UA 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-23). While serve […]
Former Arizona guard Brandon Williams arrested for marijuana possession
Brandon Williams’ first full season in the NBA is off to a shaky start. The former Arizona Wildcats guard, who is now a backup for the Dallas Mavericks, was arrested Saturday for possession of marijuana at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Williams was traveling through Terminal C when TSA agent noticed a “black container containing […]
Arizona women’s basketball picked 14th in Big 12 media poll
The coaches had their say several weeks ago. Now, the media that covers the Big 12 has had a say. For Arizona women’s basketball, the opinions line up with the Wildcats landing 14th among 16 teams in the poll released by the conference on Thursday afternoon. The poll opened several weeks ago, so many may […]
Arizona starts 2nd half of Big 12 volleyball season with its final travel challenges
It’ll be another tough week on the court and on the road for the Arizona Wildcats. The team starts the second half of the Big 12 volleyball season with a road game and a home game against a top 15 team just one day apart just like it finished the end of the conference slate. […]
Arizona football notebook: Unheralded transfers stepping up as Wildcats approach stretch run
In its quest to rebuild the roster following a disappointing 2024 season, Arizona’s coaching staff left no stone unturned in search of talent. The Wildcats added more than 50 new players, including more than two dozen from the NCAA transfer portal. None of the UA’s portal additions ranked among the top 250 in the country, […]
SB Nation Reacts: Who will be Arizona men’s basketball’s top scorer this season?
During each of Tommy Lloyd’s first four seasons it didn’t take much research to figure out who was going to lead Arizona in scoring. Bennedict Mathurin was a future first round NBA pick, Azuolas Tubelis thrived in the Wildcats’ high-low offense and the past two years Caleb Love was going to get his points. But […]
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