The Arizona Wildcats basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The team competes in the Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) of NCAA Division I. They are currently coached by Sean Miller, who succeeded interim coach Russ Pennell.
While Arizona has a long and rich basketball history, the program came to national prominence under the tutelage of former head c...
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The Arizona Wildcats basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The team competes in the Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) of NCAA Division I. They are currently coached by Sean Miller, who succeeded interim coach Russ Pennell.
While Arizona has a long and rich basketball history, the program came to national prominence under the tutelage of former head coach Lute Olson, who since 1983 has established the program as among America's elite in college basketball. Known as "Point Guard U" by fans and foes alike, the school has produced spectacular guards and NBA players like Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, Khalid Reeves, Damon Stoudamire, Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Gilbert Arenas, and Jerryd Bayless. 11 NBA Championships have been won by wildcats players. Since the NBA draft was shortened to two rounds in 1989, Arizona leads the nation with 31 selections in that span. This number grew...
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