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As the Arizona women’s basketball team prepared to go on the road and face No. 10 TCU, head coach Becky Burke said that the Wildcats weren’t going to Fort Worth with the idea that they were already beaten. That was despite losing leading scorer Micky Perdue just over a week ago. “What an opportunity for […]
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Arizona signed more than 20 high school and junior college players in December, putting together a solid recruiting class that features a few players who could make instant impacts. Brandon Smith won’t be one of those, nor will he be joining the Wildcats. Smith, a 4-star running back from Fresno, Calif., announced Saturday he’s been […]
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Through the first three weeks of Big 12 play, only 12 of 36 road teams have been able to come out with a victory. And three of those wins belong to Arizona. The top-ranked Wildcats built an early lead and never gave it up, outlasting a scrappy UCF team 84-77 on Saturday afternoon. And they […]
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It’s Game Day! The top-ranked Arizona Wildcats hit the road to take on the UCF Knights. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online. Come chat with us! Arizona-UCF game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-UCF? Arizona-UCF will be shown on ESPN. Rich Hollenbger (play-by-play) and King […]
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Christian Koloko has found a new landing spot in the NBA. The former Arizona Wildcats big man has signed on with the Atlanta Hawks on a two-way contract. Koloko became available after the Memphis Grizzlies didn’t resign him following the expiration of a second 10-day contract. Koloko will be hoping for a longer stay with […]
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It was always going to be a difficult matchup for this year’s Arizona Wildcats. An entire roster of almost entirely new players. An entire staff of new coaches. A decided disadvantage when it comes to pulling players from the transfer portal in the best of times. Then, leading scorer Micky Perdue was injured prior to […]
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Arizona had one of the best seasons in school history in 2025, winning nine games for just the eighth time. But that pales in comparison to the years Indiana and Miami are having. The Hoosiers (15-0) and Hurricanes (13-2) play on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for the College Football Playoff championship, […]
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It’s Game Day! The top-ranked Arizona Wildcats hit the road to take on the UCF Knights. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-UCF game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-UCF? Arizona-UCF will be shown on ESPN. Rich Hollenbger (play-by-play) and King McClure (analyst) will be […]
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Though Arizona ultimately ended up beating ASU on Wednesday night, the fact that the Wildcats struggled against at home against an unranked team, trailing at halftime for the first time in more than a month, shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that follows college basketball. It wasn’t to Tommy Lloyd. “I really appreciated the battle […]
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During the 2025 season Arizona had 21 players on its roster listed as defensive backs. Losses due to graduation, the NFL Draft or the NCAA transfer portal left the Wildcats with only 10 players set to return in the secondary. That number is back up to 21 after yet another DB addition from the portal. […]
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Arizona volleyball head coach Rita Stubbs has had a complete staff in just one of her three seasons at Arizona. If 2026 is to be the second time, it will be because of a new hire. Assistant coach Simone Asque-Favia announced her departure from the program on Thursday evening. Rumors of Asque-Favia’s imminent departure have […]
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If Arizona is unable to replicate what it did in 2025 when it came to pass defense, it won’t be for a lack of trying. The Wildcats have clearly made restocking the secondary a top priority and they’ve made yet another addition to that group. The UA has picked up a commitment from former Oregon […]
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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 men’s tennis will play its first match of the spring calendar with a top-25 showdown at […]
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The Arizona Wildcats had a disappointing end to their otherwise amazing 2025 season. But that loss doesn’t put a damper on the 9-4 season, and there’s plenty to excited about on the Recruiting Trail as well. Stout 3-star defensive lineman Manoah Faupusa, from Westminster, California, is another future Wildcat who finished his high school career […]
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It was closer than the experts thought it would be, but Arizona men’s basketball moved to 17-0 on the season after a 89-82 win over ASU. Here is what head coach Tommy Lloyd, Koa Peat and Ivan Kharchenkov had to say following the win over the Sun Devils: Lloyd on what he learned about his […]
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Leave it to That School Up North to give Arizona its toughest challenge in two months. The top-ranked Wildcats remained among the dwindling number of unbeaten teams in the country, overcoming a rare halftime deficit and a spirited effort from ASU to win 89-82 on Wednesday night at McKale Center. Arizona (17-0, 4-0 Big 12) […]
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It’s Game Day! The top-ranked Arizona Wildcats welcome the ASU Sun Devils to McKale Center for the 250th meeting between the in-state rivals. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online. Come chat with us! Arizona-ASU game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-ASU? Arizona-ASU will be shown […]
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Roster updates have been made for the 2026 Arizona volleyball team, and there’s one surprise on it. Or rather a surprise that’s not on it. Transfers Payton Woods and Maria Olga Siapani have been announced by the program and added to the online roster. Notably, Siapani has the jersey No. 1, which has been the […]
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With two of its top three ball carriers back, not to mention several promising underclassmen ready to contribute, running back is not a position of need for Arizona this off-season. But there’s also no thing as having too many options in the skill areas. The Wildcats have earned their 20th transfer portal commitment, adding former […]
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It’s Game Day! The top-ranked Arizona Wildcats welcome the ASU Sun Devils to McKale Center for the 250th meeting between the in-state rivals. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-ASU game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-ASU? Arizona-ASU will be shown on Fox Sports 1. […]
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The 2025-26 season began in November with 365 Division I men’s basketball teams starting off without a loss on their record. More than 100 fell off that list on the first night, and since then the number of unbeaten teams has been whittled down bit by bit. The select group with perfect records sits at […]
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Going into the offseason, a big hole to fill for Brent Brennan and his staff was the offensive line. Having to replace Ty Buchanan, Chubba Maae, and Ka’ena Decambra was not going to be easy. Arizona thought it was also going to have to replace redshirt-senior Tristan Bounds, but on Tuesday it learned Bounds is […]
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No single player will be able to replace all the production Arizona in the secondary, particularly at safety where Dalton Johnson and Genesis Smith played almost every snap during the regular season. The Wildcats are doing their best to reload on the back line, either via the 2026 recruiting class or the transfer portal. The […]
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University of Arizona president Suresh Garimella is encouraging university presidents from other Power 4 conferences to sign an agreement granting name, image and likeness (NIL) oversight authority to a college athletics commission. Garimella was joined by university presidents of Georgia, Virginia Tech and Washington in authoring a statement advocating for the signing of the University […]
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Arizona has been quite active in the NCAA transfer portal, getting commitments from 18 players in the first 10-plus days since it opened. That total nearly matches the number of Wildcats from the 2025 roster that have entered the portal, which is at 19 with a few days left in the single window for this […]
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