The past few days for Wildcat fans probably have included a lot of listening to Elliott Smith/Bright Eyes mash-ups, wondering why God is hating on the ‘Cats, and wishing that Gilbert Arenas, Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, the Stoudamires, Bibby, and a few others still had some elgibility left.  But there is still a lot of [...]

11-1 and 0-4.
The story before this year was the retiring of Lute and the departure of “he who must not be named” to Europe.  But now we have a team.  We have a top five big man.  We have a streaky Chase Budinger, who can easily drop 20 a game.  We have Nic all Wise [...]

Arizona Basketball is in a rough time…
In the past two years we have lost Lute the Legend, Kevin O’Neill, Josh Pastner, Jim Rosborough, Miles Simon, Brandon Jennings, Jeff Withey, Emmanuel Negedu, Abdul Gaddy, Mike Moser, Jerry D, and the list goes on.  This graveyard seems neverending and one would have to be crazy to say [...]

When Mustafa Shakur arrived to Tucson in 2004, there was so much talk about how the Messiah has arrived. After four sub par years, and a horrible meltdown against Illinois in 2005, Arizona has never been the same. And things are only getting worse. Brandon Jennings (The Real Messiah) is struggling with [...]

Ok, RauRaur.com has already looked ahead to see what happens if Bayless, Budinger, and Hill all decide to hang around for the 2008-09 season. But what happens if the three leave? Well, with LLP out of the picture, things are looking pretty shallow. Here’s a projected lineup:
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With 6:24 left in the first half of last night’s game, Jerry D. Bayless became a man. He turned forty. And while the Salim comparisons may be premature, there’s no denying that young Jerryd isn’t happy about his Wildcats being labeled “soft” or “one year away.”
According to Greg Hansen’s article in today’s Star, Jerryd [...]

What if I were to tell you that Arizona’s basketball lineup will look like this in the not too distant future:
PG – Damon Stoudamire
SG – Khalid Reeves
SF – Sean Elliott
PF – Channing Frye
C – Loren Woods
Would that be something that might interest you? Sure, you say… why not throw in Gilbert Arenas, Steve Kerr, [...]