Tommy Lloyd and his family joined Mark Few's family and Dan Monson for dinner last night in Salt Lake City
Monson said he was late to dinner and Lloyd gave him shit for it. Monson's response:
'We were putting in the Princeton offense'
Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan at the Stuff the Bus food drive event at HSL Properties headquarters. There's a line around the block to donate and meet.
Washington's athletic director came to Tucson to personally sign Jedd Fisch. Meanwhile, Arizona AD Dave Heeke is still in Pullman with the men's basketball team due to plane issues.
Tommy Lloyd on holding off calling a timeout during ASU's run: 'People that say I should call timeout or shouldn't call timeout, a lot of people have answers to tests they've never passed. So I'm pretty comfortable (with) what I'm doing.
Teams Arizona has beat in November under Tommy Lloyd, who is 18-0 in the month as a head coach:
Wichita State
Michigan
Cincinnati
San Diego State
Creighton
Duke
Michigan State
None were at home
Wildcats are 27-1 in nonconference games under Lloyd, only loss '21 at Tennessee
Azuolas Tubelis said he thought Tommy Lloyd's decision to not play him much in the 2nd half (or at all in overtime) was a good one because 'we won the game.' Said he's worked hard since then to make sure he's out there.
Deandre Ayton’s first three games at Arizona (2017-18): 56 points, 35 rebounds, 60.0% FG
Lauri Markkanen’s first 3 games at Arizona (2016-17): 61 points, 20 rebounds, 59.4% FG
Zeke Nnaji’s first 3 games at Arizona: 65 points, 30 rebounds, 81.3% FG
As of now, Arizona is set to return 16 of 22 starters from the
#AlamoBowl
along with kicker Tyler Loop
All told, the roster currently has 29 players who have combined to start 294 games with the Wildcats
'I'm sure he's not happy with me, but we won, and we need him Thursday' — Tommy Lloyd on Azuolas Tubelis, who struggled on both ends of the court and played only 16 minutes
Jay Johnson, in the middle of a live interview on ESPNU, just told the crowd at Hi Corbett they better be back next weekend for the Super Regionals.
Don’t disappoint Jay, Wildcat Nation.
'The year that I had is all because of my teammates and coaches. It's just a reflection of them.' — Tetairoa McMillan
T-Mac finished the year with 90 catches, 1,402 yards and 10 TDs
Adia Barnes said freshman Maya Nnaji, the sister of former UA men's basketball star Zeke Nnaji, collected all the leftover food during her official visit to give to the homeless. Barnes said they drove to a park in Tucson and she handed it out.
Tommy Lloyd called it 'huge' that Arizona doesn't play until Friday. Allows for more rest before getting ramped up on Tuesday.
Also helps with Kerr Kriisa's sprained ankle
FINAL: Arizona beats Oklahoma 38-24
Wildcats finish at 10-3, 4th 10-win season in school history
7-game win streak is tied for longest within a season in UA history
'It's the best decision I've ever made in my life' — Justin Kier on coming to Arizona for his 6th season
Kier said the March 5 game vs. Cal will be his third Senior Day, following ones at George Mason (2020) and Georgia (2021)
Tommy Lloyd said Oumar Ballo and Christian Koloko are best friends, and their relationship on and off the court has contributed to Ballo's breakout season.
'First one to lose buys dinner' —
@AdiaBarnes
to Tommy Lloyd, via text
Arizona is the only school in the country with unbeaten men's and women's basketball teams
'To pull it off with Kerr out, and Justin getting in foul trouble, it was literally like find a way, hang in there. It shows the grit, integrity, the character of these guys.' — Tommy Lloyd
The tears have already begun
Arizona did not record a sack or tackle for loss against Oregon. The last time that happened was Sept. 2011 in a 37-10 loss to Stanford, a span of 134 games.
'I didn't say I just wanted to win 5 games or 4 games, I had high aspirations for what we were going to do here. If I didn't think we could win 9 games I wouldn't have moved my family across the country.' — Jedd Fisch
'Someone told me, if we win tonight, wait until you see this place Friday night. So I can't wait to see what it looks like tomorrow' — Tommy Lloyd on T-Mobile Arena, aka McKale North
Azuolas Tubelis is the only player in Division I with at least 500 points, 200 rebounds, 50 assists and 30 steals
Kerr Kriisa is the only player in Division I with at least 60 3-pointers and 145 assists
'The one thing we all know about Kerr, it doesn't take much to motivate him' — Tommy Lloyd on Kerr Kriisa being the lone Arizona starter not honored by the Pac-12
I know the owner of Squared Up Pizza, and this is going to be huge for him and his business. Happy for him, even happier for the people he owes money to since now they might get paid. Maybe.
Tommy Lloyd calls out season ticket holders for not showing up for the first 3 games
'This isn't a money grab, this is an energy grab'
Arizona announced a sellout but McKale Center looked 3/4 full
'My message to those fans on Sunday: find a way to get down here'
Arizona had 3 players score 20 in the same game (Bennedict Mathurin 27, Christian Koloko 22, Kerr Kriisa 21) for the first time since Chase Budinger, Jordan Hill and Nic Wise did so March 7, 2009 vs Stanford
Justin Kier said his teammates make fun of him for always having his phone out on road trips, taking pictures. Said it's to document his time on the West Coast for his family.
Jedd Fisch said he's moving up Arizona's Saturday practice, to 10 am local time, so he can get out to San Antonio in time for the women's basketball team's Sweet 16 matchup against Texas A&M
FINAL: No. 15 Arizona baseball beats No. 14 Texas Tech 13-2, sweeping 3 games at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown in Texas.
Wildcats scored 35 runs over the weekend. They'll host Grand Canyon on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett in their home opener.
Arizona's 6th win means Jedd Fisch earns at least a $25,000 bonus for playing in a 'non-major, non-CFP bowl game'
Other bonuses he could be in line for:
* $100K for a major bowl game (New Year's Six)
* $50K for Pac-12 Coach of the Year
* $25K for finishing in final Top 25
School records set or tied by Arizona on Saturday:
* Noah Fifita 527 passing yards (single-game record)
* Tanner McLachlan 76 career receptions (record for TE)
* Jacob Cowing 11th TD catch (ties season record)
* 33 team TD passes (season record)
'I was like, who is that guy?' — Azuolas Tubelis remembering Benn Mathurin from an NBA international camp
Said once he saw Benn was going to Arizona it made him want to go there
Wondering why Jedd Fisch keeps pointing out Arizona won the Pac-12 South, which no longer exists? His contract includes a $100K bonus for 'designation as Pac-12 Conference South Division Champion.'
Pac-12 eliminated divisions in 2022, or Arizona would be in title game
Jedd Fisch said T-Mac and the other Servite HS kids that Arizona signed kept telling him about Jacob Manu. He watched some film of him and then called him up to offer him a scholarship.
Tommy Lloyd said he went 'back and forth' deciding whether to start senior walk-ons Matthew Lang and Jordan Mains before opting to do so
Said it didn't impact the start of the game, or it's flow
'It's about treating people right, it's about honoring people'
Keyan Burnett has withdrawn from the NCAA transfer portal and will return to Arizona
All 4 Servite HS players from the 2022 recruiting class are sticking around for Year 3
Arizona, which is 12th in
@kenpomeroy
rankings, has wins over the No. 1 (Tennessee) and No. 3 (UCLA) teams as well as No. 11 (Creighton), No. 24 (Indiana) and No. 28 (San Diego State)
While I very much admire the passion of
@Big12Conference
fans when it comes to having men's basketball tourney in Kansas City, the takes about Las Vegas and how bad a place it is for sports/entertainment, etc. is clearly influenced by having not been to Vegas for a sporting event
"I respect (Wyoming) coach (Jeff) Linder a bunch, he's really a good friend of mine. And he told me after the game 'we're never doing this again.'" — Tommy Lloyd
To recap ASU’s play so far:
* Jaelen House blows kisses to the crowd after hitting a basket down 9
* Remy Martin hangs on the rim on a dunk down 7
* Rob Edwards shushes the crowd after a made jumper down 10
They just doubled down on 'Tommy Lloyd's ability to recruit internally' without mentioning almost all of Arizona's international players were recruited by Sean Miller and Jack Murphy