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How the numbers stack up for No. 21 Arizona softball and No. 7 Stanford

How the numbers stack up for No. 21 Arizona softball and No. 7 Stanford

Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Which team can exploit the weakness of of the other? The No. 21 Arizona Wildcats are a team that appears to be in search of an identity. They are pitching at a much higher level than last season, but they are seeing some offensive struggles from players who normally produce a great deal. What do the numbers say about what they have and how they improve? Arizona softball heads into an early week against the best pitching it has seen this season. The No. 21 Wildcats have improved in the circle by a considerable margin, but...
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Early weekend series vs. UCLA gives Arizona baseball chance to bounce back quickly

Early weekend series vs. UCLA gives Arizona baseball chance to bounce back quickly

Arizona Athletics Arizona had arguably its worst performance of the season on Tuesday night, losing 12-9 at home to a New Mexico State team that hadn’t won a game away from home in nearly a year. But the beauty of baseball is there’s almost always another game right around the corner, and this week the break is weekend comes even quicker. The UA hosts UCLA in a 3-game series beginning Thursday night at Hi Corbett Field, the series moved up to avoid playing on Easter Sunday. The Wildcats (10-13, 4-5 Pac-12) are still searching for consistency across the board, which...
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Arizona vs. Clemson: Game time, TV schedule, online streaming and more

Arizona vs. Clemson: Game time, TV schedule, online streaming and more

Photo by Harry How/ It’s Game Day! The 2nd-seeded Arizona Wildcats, in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years, take on the 6th-seeded Clemson Tigers in the NCAA Tournament West Region semifinals. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-Clemson game time, details: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2023 Time: 4:09 p.m. PT Location: Crytpo.com Arena; Los Angeles, Calif. Line: According to DraftKings SportsBook, Arizona is a 7.5-point favorite and the over/under is 152.5. KenPom.com gives the Wildcats a 70 percent...
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Arizona’s depth, and that depth’s dependability, is central to its Final Four chances

Arizona’s depth, and that depth’s dependability, is central to its Final Four chances

Photo by Christian Petersen/ Don’t you just love when a plan comes together? Around this time a year ago, Tommy Lloyd and his staff set out to rebuild an Arizona program that was lacking something. Not wins, of course, as it had piled up plenty in the previous season, albeit with a caveat: None came in the NCAA tournament. Arizona’s first-round exit at the hands of Princeton was as illuminating as it was upsetting. It was not as if the 15th-seeded Tigers had played out of their mind. There was no barrage of 3-pointers and no ref-fueled parade to the free throw line....
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NCAA Tournament notebook: Sweet 16 win would tie Tommy Lloyd for most victories in 1st 3 seasons

NCAA Tournament notebook: Sweet 16 win would tie Tommy Lloyd for most victories in 1st 3 seasons

Photo by Harry How/ When Tommy Lloyd was hired by Arizona a little short of three years ago, the reaction not surprisingly mixed. The school had made the choice to put a career assistant in charge of a program that has a national title and four Final Four appearances, albeit none in 20 years, and plenty of former players were unhappy about the decision. “They had a right to feel that way,” Lloyd said Wednesday. “This is an amazing program, and it’s an amazing legacy and an amazing tradition. Did I not know myself so well, I probably would have wondered what the...
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NCAA Tournament: Rested, experienced Arizona ready to roll in Sweet 16 against Clemson

NCAA Tournament: Rested, experienced Arizona ready to roll in Sweet 16 against Clemson

Photo by Harry How/ LOS ANGELES—By playing the first game of the NCAA Tournament’s second round, Arizona got back from Salt Lake City by Saturday night and got to take a full day off before starting preparations for the Sweet 16. By the time they flew out of Tucson on Tuesday the Wildcats had been home almost three full days. Compare that to Clemson, who after upsetting Baylor in Memphis on Sunday evening didn’t arrive home until 3:30 a.m. Monday. Just over 12 hours later the Tigers were back on a cross-country flight to LA, and their practice Tuesday showed the...
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NCAA Tournament: 3 keys to an Arizona win over Clemson

NCAA Tournament: 3 keys to an Arizona win over Clemson

Photo by Christian Petersen/ LOS ANGELES—Arizona comes into its second Sweet 16 in the last three years as the favorite over Clemson, the line currently sitting at -7.5 according to DraftKings Sportsbook. The second-seeded Wildcats haven’t been an underdog in an NCAA Tournament game since 2016, when they were a pick’em against Wichita State. The oddsmakers have the UA at +120 to win the West Region, the best chance of the four remaining teams to advance to the Final Four. What will it take for second-seeded Arizona (27-8) to beat the Tigers (23-11) on Thursday in...
Mar 27, 2024
NCAA Tournament: Clemson expert previews the Arizona game, makes a score prediction

NCAA Tournament: Clemson expert previews the Arizona game, makes a score prediction

Photo by Justin Ford/ The Elite Eight is just one win away for Arizona, and in that game it would face either a foe it has already beaten or one that no longer had use for the Pac-12 Player of the Year. Whether it’s Alabama or North Carolina, there’s no shortage of storylines for the Wildcats. But first they have to get past No. 6 seed Clemson, one of the few surprise teams in the Sweet 16. The Tigers (23-11) are in the regional semifinals for the first time since 2018, which was also under coach Brad Brownell, and happen to have regular-season wins over ‘Bama and...
Mar 27, 2024
Arizona baseball falls at home to New Mexico State

Arizona baseball falls at home to New Mexico State

Arizona Athletics A year ago, Arizona’s performance in midweek nonconference games played a big role in it earning an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. This season, the Wildcats’ weekday results may contribute to them missing the postseason for the first time since 2019. The UA lost 12-9 at home to New Mexico State on Tuesday night, falling to 2-3 in midweek games while losing to the Aggies for the first time since 2012. NMSU (11-13) snapped an 18-game road losing streak by jumping out to a 9-1 lead before a lightning delay halted play before the fifth inning. After...
Mar 26, 2024
Why Arizona will (or will not) make the Final Four

Why Arizona will (or will not) make the Final Four

Photo by Christian Petersen/ The Arizona Wildcats are two wins away from advancing to the Final Four for the first time in 23 years. To get there, No. 2 seed Arizona will have to win the West Regional in Los Angeles by getting past No. 6 Clemson and the winner of No. 1 North Carolina and No. 4 Alabama. Arizona is considered by oddsmakers and some analytics to be the favorite to win the Regional. After all, the Wildcats boast a top-10 offense and defense, have Final Four experience on their side in the form of Keshad Johnson, Caleb Love, and Oumar Ballo, and have a...
Mar 26, 2024
What to watch for as Arizona football begins spring practice

What to watch for as Arizona football begins spring practice

Photo by Chris Coduto/ The first of 15 spring practices for Arizona football gets underway Tuesday afternoon. And while a lot of the players are the same from the year before, so much else is completely different. Gone is Jedd Fisch and 90 percent of his coaching staff, in his place Brent Brennan and a mix of assistants he brought over from San Jose State, former UA players and coaches and a few with head coaching experience. The online spring roster includes 91 players, with a handful of prep signees and transfers set to arrive in the summer. Here’s what to watch...
Mar 25, 2024
Arizona GymCats assigned to Fayetteville Regional to start NCAA postseason

Arizona GymCats assigned to Fayetteville Regional to start NCAA postseason

Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics After the Pac-12 Championships concluded on Mar. 23, Arizona gymnastics head coach John Court felt that Arizona would be sent to either Fayetteville, Ark. or Ann Arbor, Mich. for NCAA Regionals. He was right. Fayetteville it is. For the first time since the new format was introduced in 2019, Arizona will not have to compete in the first-round “play-in” meet. While it placed high enough to avoid doing so last season, it was placed in the first round anyway due to geography rules. West Virgina was automatically advanced to the...
Mar 25, 2024
Tracking the comings and goings for Arizona women’s basketball

Tracking the comings and goings for Arizona women’s basketball

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/ The NCAA transfer portal for undergraduate basketball players opened on Monday, Mar. 18. Graduate students were allowed to enter the portal before that date, but undergrads who wanted immediate eligibility next fall could not enter until that date. Over 500 undergraduates had put their names into the portal on the women’s side of the game by the middle of last week. There were approximately the same number of graduate students looking for new landing spots, making it over 1,000 players already up for grabs. Will anyone grab them? The latest...
Mar 24, 2024
NCAA Tournament: Tip time, TV info announced for Arizona’s Sweet 16 game vs. Clemson

NCAA Tournament: Tip time, TV info announced for Arizona’s Sweet 16 game vs. Clemson

Gabriel Mayberry-USA TODAY Sports No need to set an alarm this time, but you may need to find an excuse to leave work early to watch Arizona’s return to the Sweet 16. The second-seeded Wildcats will take on No. 6 Clemson in the NCAA Tournament West Region semifinals at 4:09 p.m. PT Thursday in Los Angeles, with the game airing on CBS. The other Sweet 16 game at Crypto.com Arena, between No. 1 North Carolina and No. 4 Alabama, will tip 30 minutes after the UA/Clemson game ends. Arizona (27-8) is in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years but the first time in...
Mar 24, 2024
Offense explodes late for Arizona baseball to salvage series finale at Oregon

Offense explodes late for Arizona baseball to salvage series finale at Oregon

Arizona Athletics Brendan Summerhill had a grand slam and 7 RBI Sunday Funday is the real deal for Arizona, which is now 5-1 on the final day of the week after winning 15-4 at Oregon to avoid a road sweep in Eugene. The Wildcats (10-12, 4-5 Pac-12) cranked out 14 hits, their most since having 20 in a 14-3 win over ASU the previous Sunday, and scored 13 runs in the final four innings to break a 2-2 tie. The UA is 8-0 this season when scoring at least eight runs. It had only managed three total in 1-run losses to Oregon (15-7, 6-3) on Friday and Saturday, and early Sunday...