Update on the ongoing investigation within Arizona hoops
Stemming from former head coach Lute Olson’s alleged NCAA recruiting violations in 2008, the UA announced that it will self-impose sanctions on the men’s basketball team Friday.
If the self-imposed punishments withstand the NCAA review, the Arizona men’s basketball program won’t miss a bounce.
Recruits won’t care. Neither will season ticket holders.
Does anybody want to win the Pacific 10 Conference this year? No, judging by the results from the weekend, when first-place Arizona got swept at the Washington schools, sending second place in the conference to a five-way tie.
Judging by Arizona baseball head coach Andy Lopez’s comments following last Saturday’s Red/Blue intrasquad scrimmage — “Nobody got hurt,” Lopez said with a laugh — it is clear that there isn’t all too much to take from a glorified practice.
