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Blogs
March 15, 2012
Arizona Basketball Season Ends With Loss To Bucknell. Bucknell?
That the Arizona Wildcats won 23 games this season with what they had is a testament to head coach Sean Miller's ability to get the most of his players. That they came one missed shot against Colorado and a devastating loss in Tempe to ASU from a berth in NCAA March Madness is fairly remarkable ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Arizona Stays Alive In The Disaster That Is the Pac-12 Basketball Conference
We often attend the Pac-12 men's basketball tournament in Los Angeles. It's a few days in downtown LA, where we always visit the old city library (beautiful), walk everywhere (safer than you think), stay on the cheap (always good as long as the bedbugs don't bite), and watch a whole lot of hoop.G ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
ASU Basketball Season Ends With Rout At Hands Of Tree
Stick a pitchfork in the Arizona State men's basketball team, which got thumped last night by Stanford in a first-round Pac-12 Conference tournament game. The 85-65 loss at LA's Staples Center in front of about as many folks as watched the Sun Devils this year in Tempe at the Wells Fargo Are ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
ASU Pretty Much Ruins Arizona Wildcats' Dream Of Goin' Dancing With Stunner In Tempe
Arizona State's basketball team (the guy's version) has been ranked in the lower realms of all Division I programs this season, and yesterday afternoon's game in Tempe against the Arizona Wildcats had the makings of a butt-whipping--for the Cats. Most of those geeks who study the "B ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2012
ASU Sun Devils Lose 20th Game Of Season as Arizona Wins Its 20th
We didn't go by the Wells Fargo Arena last night for Arizona State's 66-57 loss to UCLA, but we know a few diehards who tells us that the announced attendance of 5,477 was exaggerated by a whole lot.Head Coach Herb SendekThe game itself was a microcosm of ASU's lost season--a nice effort by a sad ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Arizona Wildcats Win Tough Road Game, Washington Huskies Loom
Arizona could have folded last night up in Pullman, Washington, traditionally a difficult road game for any team in the Pac-12. Arizona head coach Sean Miller has cobbled together a nice little team.Jesse Perry, one of the Wildcats' key players, was saddled with his fourth foul early in the ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012
Arizona Wildcats And, Gasp, ASU Sun Devils Both Take Conference Wins
The Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffs are very similar teams--scrappy, undersized, terrific team defense, very well-coached. The two teams met last month in Boulder, and the Cats lost a one-point heartbreaker.Last night in Tucson was a different story, as Arizona, playing with just seven player ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Arizona Pulls Off Another Wild Win At Cal, As Sun Devils Lose Badly To Stanford
The Arizona Wildcats' triple-overtime road win last year over California-Berkeley was one of the best college games we've seen in awhile, and not just because our alma mater came out on top by a score of 107-105 We were looking forward to last night's rematch (the only time the two teams wil ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
ASU'S Season of Woe Continues WIth Lousy Home Loss To Washington
Last night's highlight of ASU's basketball game against Washington at Wells Fargo Arena didn't come during the 40 minutes of play, which should give readers an idea of the outcome.The best part of an otherwise forgettable evening came during halftime of the Sun Devils' 60-54 loss to the Huskies i ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
ASU Valiant Effort Goes To No Avail In Tough Loss To Oregon Ducks
Arizona State's men's basketball team played well most of the way last night against a pretty tough Oregon team, but ended up on the short end of a 67-58 loss.The Sun Devils hung tough until the last few minutes of their first Pac-12 home game, but simply didn't have the horses to get a much-need ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
ASU Basketball "Fires" Onetime Prospect Keala King After Split In LA Games
We're not going too far out on a limb here by saying it's going to be another long year for ASU's men's basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek--but the team is thin and the remaining players on the squad basically are jus ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2012
ASU Men's Basketball In Guaranteed `Ugly' Game Vs USC Tonight
Time was, the annual trek to So-Cal by Arizona State and Arizona's men's basketball teams was something to fear. Actually, that would have been just a few years ago, when UCLA was oh-so-close to winning a national championship or two.But that (as the cliche goes) was then and this is now. Both ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
Rich Rodriguez Hiring As Arizona's Next Football Coach: We'll See How This One Turns Out
Lots of talk in Sportsland about the hiring today in Tucson of Rich Rodriguez as the Arizona Wildcats' next head football coach. Price tag: 5-year deal for $9.55 million. Nice work if you can get it, huh? Rich Rodriguez is not universally loved from what we gather.Mixed bag of opini ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
MoMo Jones Departure From Arizona Basketball a Sad Day for Reporters
We loved Lamont "MoMo" Jones and his critical role as a quasi-point guard on an exciting Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team that literally came an inch from a berth in the Final Four. MoMo Jones, we knew and liked yeBut we equally appreciated MoMo's goofy motormouth, which was extensi ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Miss Final Four Berth By A Damned Inch
Most of Arizona and Wildcats fans around the globe held their collective breath early Saturday evening as, remarkably, their team had a chance in the last seconds to win the NCAA West Regionals and head to the Final Four.One of the all-time Arizona Wildcats, Mr. Derrick WilliamsDown by two points ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Arizona Wildcats One Game From Final Four After Thumping Duke!
We have been watching Arizona basketball since, well, we moved to Tucson in 1973 to attend that finer institution of occasional and usually random learning.Derrick Williams, one of the all-time great Arizona WildcatsWe actually were in attendance for the final game at ancient Bear Down Gym, seemi ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Go Into Tonight's Game Vs Duke As Decided Underdogs
The defending NCAA champion Duke Blue Devils will strut into the basketball arena in Anaheim later today brimming with confidence, fully expecting to leave as the victor over the Pac-10's Arizona Wildcats in a Sweet 16 contest.Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski hopes to gnaw on Arizona Wildcats tonightThe g ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Coach Bruce Pearl Firing "Package" A Head-Shaker
At this moment on the cusp of the Sweet 16, it strikes us as flat-out absurd how much big-time college basketball and football coaches continue to rake in, no matter what the economy is doing to most of the rest of us. Former Tennessee men's BB coach Bruce Pearl at a Lady Vols' game ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Move To Sweet 16 After Yet Another Wacky Win--This One Over Texas
Arizona Wildcats fans at the arena in Tulsa and elsewhere could feel yesterday's game against Texas slipping away in the closing moments.Arizona faces defending champs Duke this Thursday night in AnaheimWith just a few minutes left, the Longhorns had taken their first lead since very early in the ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Set To Start Dancing In A Few Hours Vs Memphis
The Arizona Wildcats will take the floor in a few hours against the Memphis Tigers in first-round NCAA action.Onetime Arizona Wildcat Josh Pastner about to coach against old teamThe 5th-seeded Cats are favored over a young Tigers team coached by former Arizona player and assistant coach Josh Past ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Arizona Wildcats In Dramatic Win Over Memphis: Texas Longhorns Next
Arizona has just beaten Memphis 77-75 in the first round of the NCAA championships.Derrick Williams saves the day--again--for the Arizona WildcatsA last-second block by Derrick Williams--eerily similar to what he did in a 87-86 win over Washington a few weeks ago--preserved the big win. To c ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2011
Arizona Wildcats To Face Memphis in NCAA Tourney First-Round This Friday
Arizona's 77-75 overtime loss to Washington in the Pac-10 tournament finals on Saturday afternoon was intensely fought, and ended dramatically when tough little guard Isaiah Thomas hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer that was one of ESPN's top ten plays of the day.Arizona's Derrick Williams takes th ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Slip Into Pac-10 Semis: Tough One Vs. USC Later Today
This edition of the Arizona Wildcats is unlikely to get too deep into the upcoming NCAA tournament--inexperience at the point guard position and other shortcomings surely will spell their doom, hopefully in the second weekend, not the first. We like Derrick Williams, the Pac-10's best player. ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
ASU Basketball Season Ends -- Lord Have Mercy! -- in LA Smackdown; Arizona Up Next
Just last week, Arizona State laid a hurtin' on the Oregon Ducks over in Tempe, and the rematch looked favorable for the Sun Devils in the first round of the Pac-10 men's basketball tournament in Los Angeles. Pac-10 Coach of the Year Sean Miller But last night's season-ending 76-69 loss t ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Arizona Schools Sweep Weekend Basketball Games, Pac-10 Tourney Looms
We hadn't used that headline even once during this men's college basketball season.But the improbable happened, and both the Arizona Wildcats and the ASU Sun Devils won their weekend games against the Oregon schools fairly easily to close out the regular season in fine fashion.Herb Sendek and his AS ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2011
Arizona Basketball Schools Have Lost Weekend In La-La Land
The University of Arizona Wildcats journeyed to Los Angeles last weekend knowing that one win, especially over the UCLA Bruins, practically would clinch the Pac-10 regular season title. Brutal weekend for Arizona head coach Sean Miller and his squadASU, riding a precious one-ga ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Upset By USC, Big Game Tomorrow Vs UCLA
We knew it was bound to happen, that the Arizona Wildcats weren't going to run the table in the Pac-10 Conference. But last night's 65-58 loss in Los Angeles to USC still came as something of a disappointment. Tough night for UA's Derrick Williams in La-La TownThe Trojans did a grea ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
ASU Finally Wins A Game and Arizona Continues Unlikely Run In Weekend Thrillers
When the Washington State Cougars rushed down the court down by two points with seconds to go on Saturday afternoon, just about everyone in the Wells Fargo Arena probably shared a similar thought: Oh, shit!A win! A win! ASU coach Herb Sendek gets off the snide.The Arizona State Sun Devils ha ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2011
ASU Redux: Another Pac-10 Game, Another Flippin' Loss
In the world of standing headlines, the above one is getting quite very tiresome for Arizona State men's basketball fans.Arizona coach Sean Miller is on a rollThe Sun Devils lost last night 79-62 to the formidable Washington Huskies at Wells Fargo Arena in a game they never were in once it rea ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Romp Over Woeful ASU In Ugly Tempe Contest
It wasn't even a sellout at the Wells Fargo Arena last night for the rivalry game between the ASU Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats, and probably with good reason. Arizona's Derrick Williams: One of the Pac-10's bestThe Wildcats do have a very nice team in this, their rebound year ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Arizona Wins 3-OT Thriller Over Cal As ASU Slips Further Into Abyss
One of the very best college basketball games of the season aired on Saturday night, ending with the Arizona Wildcats nipping the Cal Golden Bears 107-105 in three thrilling overtimes.Saturday night's road win made it a rare sweep of the Bay Area schools (Cal and Stanford), and kept the surprisin ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Arizona Slips Into First Place In Pac-10 Basketball As ASU Loses Yet Again
Momentous happenings in men's Pac-10 basketball as the conference's second half got underway last night with the Arizona teams on the road in the Bay Area.Arizona's Derrick WilliamsFor starters, the Arizona Wildcats took over sole possession of first place by virtue of a tough win over the Stanfo ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2011
Arizona Moves Into First-Place Tie in Pac-10 Basketball as Devils Falter
The Arizona Wildcats and ASU Sun Devils men's basketball teams have at least a few things in common this season--they both are well-coached (by Sean Miller and Herb Sendek, respectively) and play hard from the opening tip until the final horn. Arizona's "Pop" McKale, who has a famous b ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Arizona Wildcats Snag Big Win in Tucson as ASU Goes Down In Tempe
Two men's college basketball teams going in opposite directions at the moment, those being the Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.Down year continues for ASUWe watched the Cats break open a tight game against the formidable UCLA Bruins last night on ESPN-2, coming away with an 85-7 ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Arizona Basketball Teams Continue in Different Directions in Mens' Pac-10
Last weekend's Pac-10 Washington trip for the ASU Sun Devils and Arizona Wildcats proved oddly upbeat for the local schools, considering that they returned to the desert with but one win in the four games played. Yes, a loss is a loss is a loss, but ASU acquitted itself pret ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Arizona Wildcats Amazing Streak of NCAA Championship Appearances Comes to End
A loud cheer erupted a few minutes ago here at the Staples Center in sunny Los Angeles. It wasn't in response to news that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas (and his master, Sheriff Joe Arpaio) gave up on a lame-brained (and costly) RICO case against the near world, i.e. the n ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2010
ASU Close But No Cigar In Big Loss Up In Berkeley--But Pac-10 Tourney Around Corner
One thing was clear during halftime of the tightly contested Arizona State-California men's basketball game up in Berkeley on Saturday afternoon:The Sun Devils were up by one point, but it was about the shakiest lead one could imagine.ASU's three-point shooters, Derek Glasser, Ty Abbott and Rihar ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2010
Sun Devils Move Into First-Place Tie With Cal After Nipping Hated Wildcats In Tucson Yesterday
Picked by the pre-season pundits to finish in seventh place, the Arizona State Sun Devils improbably moved into a virtual first-place tie with Cal on Sunday afternoon as the Pac-10 men's basketball into the homestretch.ASU beat the fading Arizona Wildcats 73-69 in an especially intense game yeste ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Arizona Men's Basketball Teams Need to Sweep Oregon Schools at Home Tonight and Saturday
Only one thing's certain in this topsy-turvy Pacific-10 men's basketball season: From first place to last, any of the 10 teams are eminently capable of winning on any given night. That definitely includes the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats, both of who ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
Big Trip To The Northwest For Arizona, ASU Men's B-Ball Squads
The upside of men's Pacific-10 basketball being in kind of a down cycle this year is that every team--and we mean every team--is in every game. Even Oregon State, in last place with a 3-6 league record, beat league-leading Arizona last month, and the Beavers are only three games out o ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Surprise, Surprise! Arizona Wildcats Tied for Lead in Pac-10 Men's Basketball at Midway Point
Diehard Arizona Wildcats men's basketball haters were sure just a few short weeks ago that this was the year that the Cats' incredible streak -- 25 straight seasons in the NCAA national tournament -- finally would end. After all, BYU beat the Wildcats by 30 points down in Tuc ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Speak of the Devils
ASU looks to continue epic winning streak

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