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Getting a sitting head coach to join your staff is quite an accomplishment. Becky Burke has done that with the addition of Kent State head coach Todd Starkey to the Arizona women’s basketball staff. Starkey will have the title of associate head coach that was previously held by Ashley Odom. “We are thrilled to have […]
Growing up in southern Washington, the Portland Trail Blazers were Tommy Lloyd’s favorite NBA team to follow and for good reason. Portland was a perennial contender in the early 1990s, reaching the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. After losing to the Chicago Bulls in the ‘92 Finals, the Trail Blazers retooled by adding a […]
Arizona men’s basketball has earned the No. 1 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament ournament, following its win over Houston in the Big 12 Tournament championship. The Wildcats are set to take on Long Island University in the first round in San Diego. Before the madness gets started, here is what head […]
If you’re reading this, you may want to call off work early on Friday. No. 1 seed Arizona will face No. 16 seed Long Island at 10:35 a.m. PST Friday in San Diego. The game will air on TNT, with Kevin Harlan, Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy and Lauren Shehadi on the call. Arizona has […]
Arizona could have easily been coming back from its first Big 12 series with a sweep. Instead it’s returning home with two helpings of what might have been. The Wildcats were walked off by Utah for the second game in a row, falling 8-7 on Sunday afternoon in Salt Lakt City. The Utes (11-6, 2-1) […]
The Road to Indianapolis will begin on the West Coast. Arizona is the No. 1 seed in the West Region in the 2026 NCAA Tournament and will open play Friday in San Diego against Long Island. It is the eighth No. 1 seed in school history, first since 2021-22 in Tommy Lloyd’s first season, which […]
The Arizona Wildcats are headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in as many seasons under Tommy Lloyd, this time as an automatic qualifier after winning the Big 12 Tournament title. All signs point to them getting a No. 1 seed in the West Region. That, and who they begin tourney play […]
When Arizona transitioned from the Pac-12 to the Big 12, Tommy Lloyd knew winning conference championships wouldn’t come as easily playing in one of the toughest leagues in college basketball. Nor would it be like at his former school, Gonzaga, which took home WCC championships nearly every year. Yet just two years into the Big […]
Arizona men’s basketball has completed the Big 12 championship sweep with a 79-74 grind out win against Houston. Led by the freshman duo of Koa Peat and Brayden Burries, who both had 21-point performances, the Wildcats now ride a 9-game win streak into the NCAA tournament. After losing the regular season matchup and Big 12 […]
Two titles down, one to go. Arizona followed up its regular season championship by claiming the Big 12 Tournament title, knocking off defending champ Houston 79-74 in the title game on Saturday evening in Kansas City. The top-seeded Wildcats (32-2) became the 13th school to sweep the Big 12 titles, the last three of which […]
For the second game in a row, Arizona was down to its last out before finding a way to force extra innings. And like Friday night it took a lead in extras. But recent history wasn’t fully repeated. Utah scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to walk off the Wildcats 7-6 on […]
Arizona softball’s two primary pitchers have been very good at keeping the ball in the park this season. The pair of Rylie Holder and Jalen Adams had given up a total of seven home runs all season. That didn’t hold true on Saturday when No. 13 Arizona and No. 2 Texas Tech played a doubleheader […]
It’s Game Day! The top-seeded Arizona Wildcats (31-2) are in the Big 12 Conference Tournament final for the second year in a row, and like last season they’ll be taking on the Houston Cougars. The UA beat the second-seeded Cougars (38-5) 73-67 on the road last month but fell to them in the 2025 Big […]
It’s Game Day! The top-seeded Arizona Wildcats (31-2) are in the Big 12 Conference Tournament final for the second year in a row, and like last season they’ll be taking on the Houston Cougars. The UA beat the second-seeded Cougars (38-5) 73-67 on the road last month but fell to them in the 2025 Big […]
It’s definitely not how you want your senior night to start. Arizona gymnastics star Emma Strom hurt her ankle in warmups and was out for the final home meet of her college career. Others needed to step in and help lift the team. Enter freshman Delaney Mead. “She was the gymnast of the meet,” said […]
The Big 12 schedule provided an opportunity for Arizona to start fresh after a rough preseason. But for much of their first league game, the Wildcats looked headed for more of the same. Then came the 9th inning. Arizona scored four times in the top of the 9th, tying the game on a 3-run home […]
It’s only the second week of March, but it’ll be hard for any game the rest of the month to top what Arizona and Iowa State put on Friday evening in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. Jaden Bradley, the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, hit the game-winner to send Arizona into the conference […]
In 2021, Arizona softball had nine run-rule victories in 10 games. The one that kept them from going 10 straight was an extra-inning affair against Oregon State. That kept the program record for consecutive run-rule wins at eight, a mark set in 2014. The Wildcats matched that record last weekend when they swept their Big […]
When asked earlier this week if he was surprised Jaden Bradley was named Big 12 Player of the Year, despite not having big offensive numbers, Tommy Lloyd said coaches value some things more than stats. Like hitting the biggest shot of the year. Bradley’s fallaway jumper along the baseline at the buzzer gave Arizona an […]
It’s Game Day! The top-seeded Arizona Wildcats (30-2) take on the fifth-seeded Iowa State Cyclones (27-6) in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The UA beat Iowa State 73-57 on March 2 to clinch the regular season conference title. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online. Come chat […]
The first season of the Becky Burke era is in the books. Now comes what is expected to be a highly active postseason of comings and goings as she and her staff prepare for Year 2. Burke has additions to make both on the court and on the sidelines. There are three assistant coaching openings […]
It’s time for Arizona women’s basketball to look towards the future. Incoming freshman Jasleen Green is set to be a big part of that future. She’s shown why with her achievements and accolades in high school. She added to those with the Gatorade Florida Player of the Year nod on Friday. At her final radio […]
Arizona head coach Becky Burke said players would be leaving. One has already told Talia Goodman at On3 that she’s headed to the portal as soon as it opens. Goodman reports that Tanyuel Welch will be on the move after one season in Tucson. The senior-to-be was once praised by Burke as the most Power […]
It’s Game Day! The top-seeded Arizona Wildcats (30-2) take on the fifth-seeded Iowa State Cyclones (27-6) in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The UA beat Iowa State 73-57 on March 2 to clinch the regular season conference title. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-Iowa State […]
When Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd was asked Thursday his thoughts on the Big 12 Tournament being played on an LED glass court, Lloyd remarked that the games could be played on asphalt for all he cared. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark didn’t take Lloyd’s advice, but the conference is moving away from the controversial glass […]