Arizona Wildcats NCAA Basketball News

Well, it may only have been an exhibition game but for the first time, the 2009-2010 Arizona Wildcats basketball team took the floor at McKale Center against Division II Augustana and won easily 92-76 - officially ushering in the Sean Miller era.

The following information was released by Arizona State University: 6 p.m. The Arizona State women's basketball team is ranked No.

The Augustana men's basketball team opened its season in a big-time setting Wednesday, falling to the University of Arizona 92-76 in an exhibition game at the McKale Center in Tucson.

Almost everything about the Arizona Wildcats seems unfamiliar - their coach, their roster and even the refurbished McKale Center floor.

Garland Judkins didn't need to make a shot, dish an assist or collect a steal in Sunday's Red-Blue Game to open some eyes.

Cal basketball's national profile took a leap Thursday when the Golden Bears were picked as the favorite to win the Pac-10 Conference and landed the No.

UA's five freshmen made an introductory splash today in the Red-Blue Game before about 6,000 fans at McKale Center.

LOS ANGELES a ' For the third straight year, a surreal Arizona tinge colored the Pac-10 basketball preseason media day.

If Ray McCallum is impressed enough this weekend to become an Arizona Wildcat, the Michigan prep basketball star will face a potentially gut-wrenching conversation.

Up here in the Twin Cities, autumn doesn't seem to want to settle in. Two early snow events are reminding us that the dead of winter is knocking on the door.

In the past, coaches, players, and fans alike could argue that the Pac-10 was as good as any basketball conference in the country.A Recently though, that seems to have cooled off.

The numbers could still look pretty daunting to Brendon Lavender. The Arizona Wildcats' sophomore guard from Mesa didn't play in seven games last season, averaged only 4.7 minutes in the rest, and now has more competition for playing time.

Ultimately, in Sean Miller's view, the Arizona players will tell him who should be in his playing rotation without saying a word.

John Wall is the nation's best point guard, in my opinion. Let the record show that Sherron Collins does not like my opinion.

Still no word where Terrence Jones will go next, nor on Doron Lamb's plans after his visit to Kentucky this weekend.

The senior point guard, who tested the NBA draft waters last spring, is convinced the Wildcats will be a much more prominent player in the Pac-10 Conference than others believe.

With the announcement that Dondre Wise, the brother of UA starting point guard Nic Wise, has received a scholarship and will be a member of the 2009/2010 Arizona Wildcats, it got me to thinking about other relative connections on the Arizona Basketball Team.

Nine mostly prominent college basketball teams will be featured on ESPN tonight, showing off their season-opening "Madness" ceremonies to fans and recruits all over the country.

There's a word association going on with Jamelle Horne these days, and it's not "fouls." Instead, "versatility" is what Arizona's second-most experienced basketball player says he keeps being told about, the many ways he might be able to help the young Wildcats this season.

When Sean Miller took the Arizona job in April, he studied Lute Olson 's empire -- the 11 Pac-10 titles, four Final Fours and national championship that preceded the recent chaos -- and noticed that early on Olson had received an improbable recruiting gift.