Tommy Lloyd had chances to coach other programs. He turned them all down.
The longtime Gonzaga assistant had no interest in leaving Spokane, Washington, and was in line to succeed Mark Few...
Arizona has hired longtime Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its men's basketball coach.
The school said Wednesday that Lloyd will receive a five-year contract, pending approval by the...
Arizona had stuck by men's basketball coach Sean Miller through an NCAA infractions investigation that stretched nearly four years.
When the school didn't extend his contract beyond next...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a season that's coming to a quick close for Arizona, the Wildcats finally had reason to celebrate.
James Akinjo scored 20 points and Arizona was better on the boards,...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a career-high 25 points on his 20th birthday and UCLA overwhelmed Arizona to start the second half before pulling away to a 74-60 victory on Thursday...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona dominated early in its rematch with rival Arizona State, turning missed shots and mistakes into easy baskets while building a massive lead.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona men's basketball program has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban related to its long-running NCAA rules infractions case.
The McKale Center crowd consisted of a few family members and cardboard cutouts. The usual roars were replaced by piped-in noise and squeaking sneakers.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona lost three star freshmen who turned pro and its top six scorers from last season.
The Pac-12 expected to get six, maybe even a record-tying seven teams, into last season's NCAA Tournament.
The conference's hopes, like those of leagues and teams across the country, were...
Sean Miller has reeled in some of nation's best recruiting classes during his 11-year stint at Arizona, players who starred in college, won multiple NCAA Tournament games, went on to the...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona struggled with Washington's aggressive zone in a loss to end the regular season.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona struggled to get shots to fall and had careless turnovers, spending the first half looking like the worst version of itself.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Arizona coach Sean Miller kept talking about needing to find different ways to win games. The Wildcats found a way in Saturday’s 69-60 victory over Stanford.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Arizona's Zeke Nnaji is getting much more comfortable handling double-teams than he was earlier in the season and proved it repeatedly against California when he tried to...
SEATTLE (AP) — After going through its own series of close, late-game losses, Arizona finally found the formula to to avoid another late defeat and pick up its first road win of the season....
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona freshmen Nico Mannion, Josh Green and Zeke Nnaji all played one of their best games of the year on Saturday. So did some of the unheralded veterans like Dylan Smith,...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona guard Max Hazzard showed flashes of his shooting prowess early in the season while adjusting to a new role on a new team. The consistency just hadn't been...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona dominated inside, got out in transition and cleaned up most of the mistakes that plagued it late in the nonconference season.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pac-12 has gone through a couple of rough seasons the past few years. The conference went 0 for 3 in the in 2018 NCAA Tournament and last year looked like it may have only one...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona whipped crisp passes around McKale Center, threw lobs for dunks, dropped in 3-pointers. The Wildcats buzzed on defense, jumping into passing lanes, flying in to block...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Arizona’s talented freshmen have led the way early, but on Sunday night in the Wooden Legacy championship game it was a pair of seniors who stood out for the 14th-ranked...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona big man Zeke Nnaji is starting to get noticed around campus, coffee shops, almost everywhere he goes in Tucson.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Zeke Nnaji got everywhere he wanted and did everything he needed in another ultra-efficient performance.
Arizona had a similar effect on San Jose State’s offense in the...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Nico Mannion dropped in floaters, got into the lane and whipped passes through traffic.
Josh Green drained 3-pointers, finished at the rim and played lockdown...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Five-star prospects Nico Mannion and Josh Green headlined Sean Miller's latest recruiting class and for good reason. Both are smooth, athletic, don't play like...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona's string of NCAA Tournament appearances ended with a barely-.500 season as an FBI probe into college basketball recruiting still hovered over the program.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has dominated its series against Stanford, playing well with good teams at times, getting a few breaks at otherwise.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Buffaloes never trailed Arizona in sending the Wildcats to their first seven-game skid in 36 years with a business-like 67-60 win Sunday night behind Lucas Siewert's hustle and McKinley Wright IV's clutch second-half adjustments.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California's Nick Rakocevic is making a strong case to be regarded as one of the Pac-12's most improved players this season.
The junior center leads the conference with nine double-doubles and has three since the start of league play. He is averaging 15.8 points per game, which nearly doubles the 8.1 he averaged last season.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Arizona coach Sean Miller called it the "hidden story of the game," on the Wildcats turning the ball over twice in the second half.
"To play the final 20 minutes with only two turnovers gave us the best chance to win," Miller said. "A lot of times, the loss or the win happens because of an error."
Brandon Randolph scored 17 points, one of five players to reach double figures, and Arizona survived a scare from Stanford, beating the Cardinal 75-70 on Wednesday night.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona escaped with an intense 84-81 overtime win over Utah on Saturday, an outcome that had a lot to do with who wasn't playing at the end.
"One of the keys to us winning was Sedrick Barefield fouling out," Wildcats coach Sean Miller said. "... Fouling him out really changed the game down the stretch and in overtime."
Barefield scored 26 points, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, but fouled out with 1:44 to play.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pac-12 had a strange 2017-18 season.
Southern California finished second to Arizona in the regular season and lost to the Wildcats in the conference tournament title game, yet didn't get an NCAA invite. UCLA tied for third but still got into the field of 68, along with Arizona State after finishing eighth during the regular season and losing in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament.