At the end of Arizona’s appearance at Big 12 Media Days in Kansas City on Wednesday, men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd and women’s basketball coach Becky Burke were asked to write down an answer to a trick question by the ESPN crew.
It’s a busy week for Arizona women’s basketball head coach Becky Burke and players Sumayah Sugapong, Gerda Raulušaitytė, and Aliyahna ‘Puff’ Morris. Burke, Sugapong, and Raulušaitytė met with the local media in Tucson on Tuesday morning.
Motiejus Krivas can add another preseason accolade next to his name. The Arizona Wildcats senior center has been named to the Associated Press Preseason All-American team.
Arizona is about to start the second half of its season with a home matchup with Iowa State. The Wildcats are looking for revenge after a 39-14 blowout loss to the Cyclones last season in Ames.
For aspiring professional basketball players, there’s few places better to play in college than the University of Arizona. The Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball program has long cemented itself as a training ground for NBA players.
The official start of the NCAA Division I softball season is Feb. 5, 2027, but what might be the biggest campus-hosted tournament in the country will see first pitch a week later.
The worst loss Arizona has had since the start of the 2025 season came last year at Iowa State, a 39-14 setback to open conference play. But that was against a Cyclones squad that is mostly in the Big Ten now, as coach Matt Campbell left for Penn State during the offseason and took a ton of his ISU players with him.
Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats were among the last four teams standing in the 2025-26 season, and expectations are similarly high for the program heading into 2026-27.
Arizona still has to take care of business this weekend, but if things go as planned it could find itself getting plenty of national attention to end the month.
There will be no flying under the radar for Arizona men’s basketball this year. Arizona is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press preseason rankings. Arizona’s preseason ranking is the program’s highest under Tommy Lloyd, topping the 2024-25 season when Wildcats entered the year ranked No.
The last time Arizona started a season 5-1, in 2014, it matched that record in the second half and made its lone appearance in a conference title game.
For the first time in 2026, Brent Brennan and the Arizona Wildcats were finally recognized as a top 25 team in the AP Poll, jumping up to No. 25 despite not playing in Week 6.
The Arizona Wildcats enter Homecoming week with a national ranking next to their name. Arizona is ranked No. 25 in this week’s Associated Press poll, marking the first time in 2026 that coach Brent Brennan’s squad has been in the national rankings.
While there was a lot of fight shown from Arizona, it was not enough to take down No. 14 BYU inside the McKale Center at ALKEME Arena. The Wildcats (6-12, 1-6 Big 12) dropped all three sets to the Cougars to extend their four-game losing streak.
Upgrading the competition during fall ball has been a process over the last few years. It started with an NAIA school two years ago. Last year, a road game against a Division I opponent was added.
This exhibition did not feel like an exhibition, it felt like the real deal. Arizona was able to out “bully-ball” San Diego State in a 82-67 victory to take the second exhibition of the season.
The match between Arizona soccer and Utah was headed for a scoreless draw. It wasn’t what Wildcat fans wanted or maybe even what the team needed if it wants to play in the Big 12 Tournament.
Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats will take the floor at the McKale Center for a second exhibition game this week, squaring off against the San Diego State Aztecs on Friday evening.
Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats are going to be among the most exciting, must-watch teams in college basketball this season. And fortunately, they will be among the easier teams to tune into as well.
Forget every preseason expectation. Nobody in their right minds would have predicted UCLA to be 5-0, Oregon to be 3-2 with a loss to Oklahoma State, and Oregon State to be 4-2, with massive margins of victory.
The race to the Playoff continues out West. In light of North Dakota State’s transition to the Mountain West—and multiple fan requests—we have incorporated them into our coverage.