Arizona

Three Stars of The Day

 

We handpick the best performances of the day, whether it be stat lines that make you drool, or clutch performances.  Either way, its our way of showing the love:

 

Three Stars of The Day

 

We handpick the best performances of the day, whether it be stat lines that make you drool, or clutch performances.  Either way, its our way of showing the love:

 

TUCSON, Ariz.—A succession plan for the head basketball coach position at the University of Arizona was announced tody, with Athletic Director Jim Livengood designating Kevin O’Neill to succeed Hall of Famer Lute Olson when Olson’s tenure as head coach concludes.

The Pac-10 is packed with talent.  The players that had to be overlooked for this list would easily make it on one of the other BCS conferences’ top five.  But, alas, there is only room for five, and once again the freshmen rule the day.

 

TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona men’s basketball player Jordan Hill has been named the U.S. Bank Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 3-9, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.

Despite college football taking all the headlines over the weekend, there was a terrific week in the college basketball world, including conference vs. conference battles and plenty of marquee showdowns. In addition to the aforementioned team match-ups, there were outstanding individual performances from coast to coast. Many of the top players are beginning to separate themselves from the pack, and those same players continue to produce impressive weeks on a consistent basis. However, one player that stood out

By Texas A&M (12/2)

By Christmas

By Pac-10 Play (1/3)

By the End of the Season

Next Year

Never

Arizona (3-2)

Ohio State (4-1)

SIU (3-1)

Syracuse (4-1)

Vanderbilt (5-0)

Villanova (4-1)

TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona interim men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill announced Wednesday that four student-athletes have signed National Letters-of-Intent to attend the school and play basketball. The quartet will report to the school in the fall of 2008.

Brandon Jennings, Brendon Lavender, Emmanuel Negedu and Jeff Withey each inked letters-of-intent during the first day of the November early signing period. Three of the players are ranked among the top 15 nationally at his position. The class was rated as No. 7 nationally by rivals.com.

TUCSON--University of Arizona athletics director Jim Livengood announced today that head men's basketball coach Lute Olson has requested and been given a leave of absence due to a personal matter.

Assistant coach Kevin O'Neill will handle the coach's duties in his absence, Livengood said, for as yet an unspecified time period.

"Lute asked for a leave of absence after yesterday’s football game,” said Livengood. “Every intention is that he will be back. We will do whatever is in the best interested of Lute and Christine.”