NICK JOHNSON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Johnson key to Arizona's defensive effort
LOS ANGELES Aaron Craft was joking about a tweet referencing him the other day from a former Ohio State teammate. It was a riff on the popular Chuck Norris tough-guy theme.
I believe it said I would kick Chuck Norris butt, Craft said.
Then he would shave his head to look more like me. Norris will not coverBuckeyes junior guard Craft in the NCAA West regional game Thursday. Nick...
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March 27, 2013
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Defensive stoppers to meet in West Region
Ohio State's Aaron Craft and Arizona's Nick Johnson are among the rarest type of college basketball players.
They're defensive stoppers - and they'll be on the same court together Thursday night.
That's when Craft and the Buckeyes meet Johnson and the Wildcats in the NCAA tournament's West Region semifinals at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Craft's...
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March 26, 2013
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Colorado firmly on bubble after loss
Nick Johnson scored 18 points and hit a contested shot with 34 seconds left, helping No. 18 Arizona beat Colorado 79-69 in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.
Arizona (25-6) led by 14 in the second half, but had trouble shaking the desperate Buffaloes (21-11).
Johnson hit his shot between three defenders to put the Wildcats up four and followed teammate Mark Lyons...
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March 14, 2013
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No. 18 Arizona dominates in rout of ASU
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Nick Johnson scored 17 points, Solomon Hill added 12 in his final home game and No. 18 Arizona earned a first-round bye in next week's Pac-12 tournament with a 73-58 rout over rival Arizona State on Saturday.
A late-season slide left Arizona (24-6, 12-6 Pac-12) needing a win or some help to avoid playing next Wednesday in the conference tournament. The...
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March 09, 2013
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Wildcats rally with Johnson's finish
Nick Johnson scored 15 points, five in the final 2 minutes, and No. 8 Arizona rallied from an early deficit for an ugly 57-53 victory over Washington on Thursday night, snapping a three-game losing streak to the Huskies.
Mark Lyons and Solomon Hill both added 10 points for the Wildcats, who won their second straight after losing at home to UCLA. This victory by the Wildcats won...
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January 31, 2013
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Johnson, Lyons do it all as Wildcats pull away
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona sophomore Nick Johnson has been in bigger games and had bigger performances, but perhaps none has been more satisfying than Saturday's at Wells Fargo Arena.
The same could be said for seventh-ranked Arizona, which came away with what coach Sean Miller called a "hard-fought victory" over rival Arizona State just 10 months after the Sun Devils...
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January 19, 2013
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Video: Arizona is still still undefeated because of this block by Nick Johnson
The Arizona Wildcats are quite the surprise this year, and are currently ranked #3 in the country with an undefeated record. They can thank Nick Johnson for keeping them that way with this tremendous block on San Diego State star Chase Tapley. Taply made a helluva en effort to get to the rack, but Johnson, [...]
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Arizona Wildcats win on last-second block
The Arizona Wildcats are ranked 3rd in the nation in basketball this season and are currently 12-0 on the season thanks to Nick Johnson. The Wildcats won on a last second block by Johnson over #17 San Diego State in the Diamond Head Classic last night in Hawaii. Arizona knocked down a free throw with seconds left on the clock to take a one point lead. San Diego took it hard...
Arizona's Nick Johnson won the Diamond Head Classic championship with this block
We know Arizona's sophomore guard Nick Johnson can dunk. Nick can also sky to win tournaments. The championship game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic was won by the Wildcats because of...
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Johnson's block lifts Arizona to 12-0
Nick Johnson blocked a layup by Chase Tapley in the closing seconds Tuesday night as No. 3 Arizona rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half and remained undefeated with a 68-67 win over No. 17 San Diego State in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic.
Mark Lyons hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds remaining for the last points by Arizona (12-0), which...
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December 26, 2012
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