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Share Tweet Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd spoke highly of Arizona’s strong program on Saturday night as he got his team – their team – back to the Final Four. It’s been a long time. Now, they return their praise for Lloyd & Company. “The Wildcat legacy continues with these young legends of Arizona basketball,” Joe […]

Share Tweet Arizona is in its drive for No. 5 – Fina Fours, that is. Four came under Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson. Now, Arizona’s first under Tommy Lloyd. So, what would Olson think of what’s going on with the Wildcats? “Oh my gosh, he’d be so proud of these Cats,” said his oldest […]

Share Tweet INDIANAPOLIS – How did all this success happen? Arizona going on a school-record 36 wins against only two losses? Luck? Precision? Good health? Good talent? And, perhaps, a case study in good chemistry? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and, oh yes. The 2025-26 season had all that and more. A couple of months ago […]

Share Tweet INDIANAPOLIS – Tommy Lloyd is returning as Arizona’s basketball coach. It was announced on Friday afternoon here at the Final Four. He’s been extended to the 2030-31 season, ending a couple of weeks of speculation whether he’d stay or leave for North Carolina. Friday afternoon all the speculation ended. “I’m happy to announce […]

Share Tweet Indianapolis – Tobe Awaka for President? You never know when it comes to Arizona’s big man. He’s that eclectic – sometimes electric – on the basketball court and most times off of it. The dude is different. One of one as I said earlier this season when he was dominating on the court […]

Share Tweet INDIANAPOLIS – For two months, Michigan went unscathed, beating up opponents by double digits in 11 of 14 games, sometimes 40 or 50 points. Eyes brows were raised in the college basketball world. At the same time, Arizona was rolling, beating teams by 20 to 30 points on the regular, eventually going to […]

Share Tweet INDIANAPOLIS – All season Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said his team was built for this, given what had happened for 38 games. But it wasn’t built for Saturday night and surely not for Michigan, a well-built team that all but made Arizona looking like the Arizona team that set a school record for […]

Share Tweet New year, new team, same hopeful thoughts. Arizona football is here, hoping to make it two consecutive winning seasons. It’s been a decade – actually more – since Arizona has been able to reel off three winning seasons when it comes to football. For now, let’s see if it can make it two […]

Share Tweet “Thank you, Lithuania and thank you, Lithuanian basketball” – that was Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd’s lasting message for those in Lithuania and beyond after UA defeated Lithuania’s A/B Team 88-74. That message could have been from Arizona fans from all over as well as they – or many – sat through six hours […]

Share Tweet Mission accomplished … at least for unranked Arizona in defeating Northern Arizona, 35-7, on Saturday night. How it has all set up for next week’s showdown with No. 14 Brigham Young will be anyone’s guess, but for at least three-plus hours Arizona got in, got out and has gone 1-0 to start the […]