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Arizona football blows out Colorado to snap road skid

Wildcats a win away from bowl eligibility Arizona broke out its all-white uniform combo for the first time this season, looking like a team of ghosts for Halloween, and then promptly proceeded to haunt Colorado’s Homecoming. The Wildcats scored on six of its first seven possessions en route to a 52-17 win over the Buffaloes […]

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Arizona softball stymies GCU in fall exhibition game

Under coach Caitlin Lowe, Arizona softball has usually opted to play fall exhibition games against schools from lower divisions like the NAIA. On Saturday Arizona challenged itself by playing GCU in Phoenix. The result, a 6-1 win over a 10-inning game, should give the Wildcats some more confidence as they close out the fall season […]

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Arizona football at Colorado game thread

It’s Game Day! The Arizona Wildcats return from a bye to visit the Colorado Buffaloes, where they won in 2023 on a walkoff field goal by Tyler Loop. Here’s everything you need to know to watch or listen to the game, as well as our pregame coverage. Come chat with us! Arizona-Colorado game time, details: […]

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Arizona volleyball rebounds from Texas Tech loss with sweep of No. 13 TCU

After an extremely disappointing performance at Texas Tech on Wednesday, the Arizona Wildcats volleyball players and coaches had a long meeting before getting on the plane to come home. It seemed to work. The team returned to McKale Center and swept No. 13 TCU on Halloween by the score of 25-16, 25-23, 26-24. “We needed […]

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Wildcat Wrap: Arizona cross country has mixed results at Big 12 Championships

Editor’s note: With several sports going on, Wildcat Wrap serves as a recap that focuses on the Arizona programs that we do not have the time to cover on a regular basis but are certainly worthy of recognition. Arizona cross country competed at the Big 12 Championships Friday in Lawrence, Ks., where the men’s team […]

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What to watch for when Arizona football visits Colorado

With five games remaining in the regular season, Arizona is two wins away from being eligible for a bowl. The Wildcats have been in that same scenario since early October, though, dropping their last two games by one score apiece before getting a week off. Refreshed and refocused, Arizona (4-3, 1-3 Big 12) begins the […]

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Arizona soccer ends season with draw against rival ASU

It was far from a perfect season for the Arizona Wildcats’ senior soccer players. Four of the five finished their careers without a trip to the NCAA Tournament. On the other hand, they got to play spoiler to in-state rival Arizona State by helping keep the Sun Devils out of the Big 12 Tournament with […]

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Former Arizona star Aari McDonald to play in Unrivaled basketball league

Former Arizona women’s basketball star Aari McDonald has gone back and forth about the idea of playing overseas during the WNBA offseason. While her first try at it wasn’t a happy time, she has excelled the last two seasons in Australia and China. In 2026, the self-proclaimed “homebody” doesn’t have to go overseas. Instead, she […]

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Arizona football at Colorado score predictions

With five games left in the regular season, Arizona needs to win at least two of them in order to become bowl eligible. The first opportunity comes Saturday at Colorado. The Buffaloes (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) just lost 53-7 at Utah last weekend but at home are 3-2 with the losses by one score each […]

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Arizona lands first 2027 commitment in Texas safety Jalani Culpepper

The Arizona Wildcats have found some pretty good success on the recruiting trail this season. They currently have 20 members of the 2026 class and have a pretty good member of the 2028 class as well. On Wednesday night, they added their first 2027 member. Jalani Culpepper, a 2027 athlete from Texas, announced his decision […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Texas Tech damages Arizona volleyball’s NCAA Tournament hopes with dominant sweep

Arizona head coach Rita Stubbs said that Texas Tech was competitive at home, but the Red Raiders came into Wednesday afternoon’s match against the Wildcats with just one conference win and an RPI of 152. Besides, it wasn’t a competitive match. TTU went on huge runs to sweep UA 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-23). While serve […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Arizona women’s basketball picked 14th in Big 12 media poll

The coaches had their say several weeks ago. Now, the media that covers the Big 12 has had a say. For Arizona women’s basketball, the opinions line up with the Wildcats landing 14th among 16 teams in the poll released by the conference on Thursday afternoon. The poll opened several weeks ago, so many may […]

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Arizona men’s basketball destroys Embry-Riddle in final exhibition

There probably won’t be any 71-point blowouts come next week. Arizona finished up its preseason exhibition slate with a 113-42 win over Embry-Riddle on Monday night at McKale Center, a far less effortless victory than the one nine days earlier against Saint Mary’s. It was the last tune-up before the regular season opener Nov. 3 […]

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What Brent Brennan said at his press conference to open Colorado week

Arizona got a much needed week off after back-to-back heartbreaking losses to BYU and Houston, teams that have kept on winning and are a combined 15-1 this season. The focus has fully shifted to this week’s opponent, Colorado, but during the bye the lingering effects of those previous games was still being felt. “They’re pissed […]

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