Playing for an audience of one

Senior switches number in honor of God, sign of new beginning

By Lance Madden

Fendi Onobun stood in the Arizona men's basketball locker room after the Wildcats' win over Florida Atlantic on Monday night, his 22nd birthday, with his head down and his eyes locked on his torso. He took two fingers and ran them down the No. 1 on the front of his jersey, then looked up.

Grigsby turns over new running style, not the ball

By Brian Kimball

Winning the turnover battle is critical to winning games, as any coach, player or fan of college football can attest. Some Wildcat fans might think UA running back Nic Grigsby doesn't agree, considering the frequency with which he's been putting the ball on the turf this year, but they might be jumping to conclusions.

UA basketball is able to use 'moral loss' to encourage

By Bryan Roy

It's official: The Russ Pennell era will not go undefeated, as if anyone would've predicted otherwise. Even Pennell, the program's second consecutive interim head coach, knew tough times were ahead. But this soon? And this tough? Nobody foresaw this Arizona team being of national championship-caliber, but nobody imagined the bizarre fashion of Tuesday night's 72-71 loss to Alabama-Birmingham either.

'Cats will play consolation round in Georgia

By Arizona Daily Wildcat

The UA men's basketball team will play its final two Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tipoff games in the consolation bracket in Athens, Ga., next week. The Wildcats (1-1) will play Mississippi Valley State (0-4) Monday at the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum at 3:45 p.

Important Big 12 match up has Arizona ties

Coaches Dykes, Stoops discuss Texas Tech, Oklahoma matchup

By Ari Wasserman

Perhaps the biggest game for Texas Tech comes Saturday when the No. 2 Red Raiders travel to Norman to take No. 5 Oklahoma with both Big 12 Conference and national title implications at stake. Arizona offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes is just two years removed from coaching Texas Tech.

Will the loss to UAB be better for Arizona's résumé in the long run?

By Lance Madden and Bryan Roy

It's almost a blessing in disguise that the Arizona men's basketball team lost 72-71 Tuesday night to Alabama-Birmingham. Sure, the gut-wrenching loss left a sour taste with players and fans immediately following the short-fallen comeback; no team wants to suffer such a defeat.