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All 3 Arizona volleyball class of 2026 signees honored by AVCA

Arizona volleyball signed a class of three 2026 recruits last week. All three of those players have been honored with AVCA high school postseason awards for the 2025 season. Middle blocker Marina Vosloo was named All-Region for Region 9. Outside hitter Hayden Reeder was named All-Region for Region 7. Libero Gigi Whann was named All-Region […]

Arizona women’s basketball: Honoring and letting go of the past on Aari McDonald Night

Nostalgia can be great, but the past can also hold unpleasant memories. Arizona women’s basketball will be looking back on the glory while trying to exorcise some demons on Friday night in McKale Center. Former Wildcat point guard Aari McDonald will be honored by the program during and before the game, but Aari McDonald Night […]

What to watch for when Arizona football hosts Baylor on Senior Day

Two years ago, after consecutive 1-score losses to teams that would combine to win 22 games with one reaching the College Football Playoff final, Arizona went on a tear. The Wildcats won their final seven games, securing just the fourth 10-win season in school history. Could history be repeating itself? Since falling in double overtime […]

Arizona regents approve baseball coach Chip Hale’s contract extension

In his fourth year coaching his alma mater, Chip Hale got Arizona back to Omaha. And that helped earn him another four seasons to continue the program’s forward momentum. The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday formally approved a 4-year contract extension for Hale, extending him through the 2030 season. He had one year left […]

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Arizona baseball: 2026 recruiting class came together later than normal

By virtue of how the calendar falls, prep recruits sign with colleges with a full season of high school baseball left to be played. And until the rules changed a few years ago, many prospects would commit as early as their freshmen year of high school in order to lock in a spot. Arizona took […]

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Arizona football vs. Baylor score predictions

Riding a 3-game win streak, Arizona is set for its final home game of the 2025 season, the first under its new moniker Casino del Sol Stadium. Baylor (5-5, 3-4 Big 12) makes its first trip to Tucson having lost three of four. Arizona (7-3, 4-3) is favored by 6.5 points, per FanDuel Sportsbook. How […]

‘Rock star’ Jaden Bradley continues to step up for Arizona at crunch time

STORRS, Conn.— Some UConn fans camped outside Gampel Pavilion for days for a rare top-5 matchup in hopes of watching their Huskies win their 37th consecutive nonconference home game. These fans helped deliver a deafening noise conducted by a sea of white shirts at the Basketball Capital of the World, but the consistent heroics of Jaden […]

Arizona volleyball can’t stop BYU’s outside hitters in 4-set loss

The Arizona Wildcats hit .339 as a team and had 10 blocks, but the result was a four-set loss to No. 25 BYU volleyball in Smith Fieldhouse on Wednesday evening. The Cougars took the match by the set scores of 25-18, 25-23, 19-25, 25-18. “We couldn’t stop their outsides,” said Arizona head coach Rita Stubbs. […]

What Tommy Lloyd and Jaden Bradley said after Arizona’s win at No. 3 UConn

Tommy Lloyd has been coaching for nearly 30 years but Wednesday was his first time at Gampel Pavilion. After beating No. 3 UConn he probably can’t wait to come back, and he’s even got an idea for how to ramp up what was already a great atmosphere. “I’d love to see what this place is […]

College basketball world reacts to Arizona’s win at No. 3 UConn

It’s not every night that the sport of college basketball is treated to a nonconference top-5 match played at a campus site. No. 4 Arizona’s 71-67 win over No. 3 UConn in Storrs, Conn. on Wednesda lived up to the anticipation. The Wildcats went into Gampel Pavilion and stunned the home crowd, while proving to […]

Arizona men’s basketball holds off No. 3 UConn late in huge road victory

Tommy Lloyd has said Jaden Bradley doesn’t need accolades, that being left off preseason watch lists for the Bob Cousy and Wooden Awards isn’t a bother. He’ll just let his play speak for itself. And the unfortunate victims of that unspoken disappointment continue to be ranked opponents. Bradley had 21 points, including a layup with […]

Arizona men’s basketball at UConn game thread

It’s Game Day! The fourth-ranked Arizona Wildcats head across the country for a Top 5 showdown with the third-ranked UConn Huskies. The schools are meeting for the first time since 2018. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online. Come chat with us! Arizona-UConn game time, details: How […]

Arizona volleyball notebook: On recruiting, the NCAA Tournament, and more

It’s the penultimate week of Arizona volleyball’s regular season, but things aren’t winding down. The Wildcats are in a battle for not only an NCAA Tournament berth but a possible national seed. They’re looking even further into the future with the signing of the 2026 recruiting class. There’s still a lot to do in the […]

Arizona men’s basketball at UConn: Game time, odds, streaming info and more

It’s Game Day! The fourth-ranked Arizona Wildcats head across the country for a Top 5 showdown with the third-ranked UConn Huskies. The schools are meeting for the first time since 2018. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-UConn game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-UConn? […]

What to watch for when Arizona men’s basketball visits No. 3 UConn

Moments after knocking off UCLA on Friday night, Arizona’s second win over a ranked opponent this season, Tommy Lloyd was asked by a sideline reporter how he’d reward his team. His answer: a crosscountry trip to play a team that has won two national titles this decade. The 4th-ranked Wildcats continued their tough early-season schedule […]

Baylor football expert previews the Arizona game, makes a score prediction

Another week, another unfamiliar foe for Arizona football. So it goes in a new conference. Baylor has never been on the UA schedule before, their only meeting coming in the 1992 Sun Bowl, with the Bears winning 20-15. Ironically, the Wildcats could be headed back to El Paso next month based on the latest bowl […]

What Brent Brennan said at his press conference to open Baylor week

It was a day off for Arizona’s players on Monday, the official pause between reflecting on the big win at Cincinnati and diving into preparations for Saturday’s home finale against Baylor. But many were at the football facility to celebrate the announcement of Casino del Sol Stadium as the new name of the Wildcats’ home […]

Arizona, Casino del Sol reach naming rights deal for football stadium

The old gray lady has a new name and a lot of money behind the change. Arizona has announced a 20-year naming rights deal with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to rename Arizona Stadium as Casino del Sol Stadium. The deal is valued at more than $60 million, the largest deal in Big 12 Conference history […]

Arizona women’s basketball uses balanced scoring to defeat Grambling

For the third straight game, Arizona women’s basketball had somewhat of a slow start. For the second straight game, the Wildcats turned it on after the first quarter to win going away with a 85-64 defeat of Grambling State on Sunday afternoon in McKale Center. “Very just happy for our group,” said Arizona head coach […]

Winning without playing your best is a learned trait

Sports can be funny. Turns out they can be fun, too. Late Friday night, after Arizona basketball beat UCLA, I had an idea of writing a column about how great it has been to see that the Cats can beat ranked opponents like Florida and UCLA without playing a great game. Arizona started each of […]

Kickoff time, network, odds announced for Arizona football game vs. Baylor

There’s no perfect kickoff time, but a late morning start on a day when highs are in the low 70s is pretty close. Arizona football’s Senior Day game vs. Baylor will kick off at 11:00 a.m. MST, the Big 12 announced. The game will air on TNT. This is the earliest home kickoff time of […]