- It's understandable why Bruce Pascoe, in my opinion, is one of the best college hoops beat writers out there. He's been pumping out story upon story of good work, and this week, that included covering the AAU tournament schedule in Las Vegas. Here's his UA-related stories on Arizona target Kaleb Tarczewski, a story about how he chose incorrectly in watching Wildcat commit Gabe York's Compton Magic instead of recent UCLA commit Dominic Artis and a detailed account of the atmosphere at one of the bigger AAU tournaments in the nation.
- DIck Vitale pre-pre-preseason ranks the Arizona basketball team the No. 17 team in the nation.
- Mike Stoops better get some rest and a big supply of 5-hour Energy shots. Here's a preview of his schedule for a crazy media-circus of a week.
- Stoops got a nice recruit in offensive guard Zach Hemmila, writes Anthony Gimino of the Tucson Citizen.
- Bob Young of the Arizona Republic writes about how Arizona's new huge-as-eff video board is only one of many high-tech sports-facilities screens in the midst of what appears to be a video board arms race.
- Andy Woolridge of Building the Dam believes the Wildcats might struggle in their first year playing in the revamped Pac-12 South Division.