Bob Donnan-Imagn Images It’s not often that Arizona gets to play a team outside its league more than once in a season, let alone having the rematch come during the NCAA Tournament. The last time that happened was 2001, when the Wildcats split a pair of regular-season games with Illinois (one in Maui, one in Chicago) before beating the Fighting Illini in the Elite Eight in San Antonio. That 2000-01 Wildcat team, which reached the national title game, was very different in March compared to early in the season. The same goes for this UA squad, which had never lost consecutive games under Tommy L ..read more

Arizona’s infield meets in the circle in a game against ASU on Mar. 23, 2025 at Farrington Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. | Photo by Ryan Kelapire The Wildcats are in and around the top 10 in all four polls and the RPI Beating an RPI top 25 team like ASU twice should help any squad. It helped the Arizona Wildcats in most of the polls but not all of them. Going into the weekend series against Arizona State, Arizona was ranked in the top 10 in all four polls but not the RPI. The lowest the Wildcats were among human voters was tied for 10th in the USA Softball poll. RPI had them at No. 13. The Wildcats ..read more

Arizona Athletics Arizona played its final game at McKale Center on March 4, a Senior Night victory over ASU that ended just before midnight. Three days later the Wildcats flew to Kansas for their regular-season finale, the first of six flights they’ve been on over the past three weeks. The most recent of those was a 5-hour jaunt Monday from Seattle to Newark, NJ, site of the East Regional where the UA will face Duke on Thursday night in its third Sweet 16 appearance over the last four seasons. Instead of coming back to Tucson in between the first and second weekends of the NCAA Tournament, as ..read more

Photo by Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Skylar Jones and Katarina Knežević make it four so far Skylar Jones was a late-comer to Arizona’s highly-ranked sophomore class. The athletic guard was originally committed to Missouri and joined the Wildcats after decommitting from the Tigers. Katarina Knežević was a latecomer to this year’s freshman class, but that’s the case with many international players. Both will be entering the portal. Knežević announced her intent to transfer on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katarina Knežević (@kknezevic4) Jo ..read more

Photo by Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Breya Cunningham was part of the highest-ranked freshman class in Arizona women’s basketball history. She’s shown flashes of why, but her development to her full potential will come elsewhere. The sophomore post player announced her intent to transfer on Tuesday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Breya Cunningham (@breya_hoopz) When Cunningham could stay on the floor, she was dominant. The problem was staying on the floor due to a propensity for fouls. Cunningham was Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention in 2024. As a ..read more

Photo by Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images When sideline reporter Andy Katz asked Arizona’s Caleb Love on Sunday night how the Wildcats can beat Duke in the Sweet 16, the 5th-year guard took a moment to think through what he was going to say next. Love isn’t known to hold back, especially when it comes to the Blue Devils, the archnemesis that fairly or not has defined much of his career. But in this case, Love leaned into rhetoric that wouldn’t give Duke any extra ammunition entering Thursday’s matchup. “I just say, we gotta go back, we gotta watch film, we gotta get ready for ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Lute Olson coaching tree continues to grow. Former Arizona point guard Mike Bibby has been hired as the head coach at Sacramento State, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday. Hours later, UNLV finalized a deal to hire UA alum Josh Pastner as its next head coach, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello. Pastner’s deal is for five years. Mike Bibby, a 14-year NBA veteran and former Sacramento Kings star, has agreed on a deal to become the next men’s basketball head coach of Sacramento State, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/8H8nHp4udE — Shams Charania (@Sham ..read more

Arizona Athletics Arizona began this season as a ranked team, but going 0-3 during its opening weekend—albeit to a trio of teams that are currently in the Top 25—made that go away quickly. Since then the Wildcats have won 18 of 20 games and are coming off a weekend series win at West Virginia to keep them tied atop the Big 12 standings. That has warranted a return to the Top 25. D1Baseball has ranked Arizona No. 23 in its latest poll, the only Big 12 school on the list. The Wildcats are now ranked in all five major polls, sitting as high as 12th. Cats are hot pic.twitter.com/bVAueiOY1X — Ari ..read more

Photo by Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Changing schools isn’t new to Jada Williams nor is the world of NIL. Whatever her reasons, she will continue the path she set in high school by transferring from Arizona women’s basketball after her sophomore season. pic.twitter.com/zxibZAxvfw — Jada Williams (@cbgjada2) March 24, 2025 Williams came to Arizona with her move across the country in high school for NIL being what she was most known for. She committed to UCLA early in her high school career, then she flipped to the Wildcats. At Arizona, her leadership and tough play were ..read more

Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images No. 21 Arizona GymCats knew they would be headed to the NCAA postseason before the Big 12 Championships. They just needed to know who they would compete against and where. The NCAA announced that information on Monday morning. Arizona is headed to Seattle to take on a group that is top-heavy with SEC teams. It will also be a truly neutral site since host team Washington finished 38th in NQS and did not qualify for the postseason. The top four teams in the regional area are all from the SEC, including No. 2 overall seed Oklahoma. They are followed by No. 7 ..read more