Interesting Arizona Daily Star article

I can't say I disagree with the majority in both of these polls.

• No championships needed: Apparently, consistency is sexier than "One Shining Moment."

Asked to choose between continuing the Wildcats' consecutive NCAA tournament appearances for another 10 years or winning a national title, more than two-thirds chose the former.

Sixty-eight percent of 399 fans preferred the Wildcats just stay in the title hunt rather than win their first since 1997. Another 10 seasons of the Big Dance would place the Wildcats in a new stratosphere among NCAA programs, with 35 straight trips.

In football, fans passed on the Wildcats reaching the pinnacle of their program's history. Fifty-nine percent of 356 fans said they would rather the UA defeat rival Arizona State 10 times in a row than the Wildcats reach the Rose Bowl for the first time.

The UA is the only school in either the Pac-10 or the Big Ten to have never played in Pasadena on New Year's Day.

Arizona no longer recruiting class-less

Via Bleacher Report:

Sean Miller has [wasted] no time in making an impact at Arizona.

Miller and Whitford had been going after 6'11" center Kyryl Natyazhko from IMG Academy while at Xavier.

In less than a week they convinced the talented big man to join them in Tucson, Ariz.

Natyazhko is the sixth-ranked center, and the number 39-ranked player overall.

Natyazhko is a versatile inside-outside player who will immediately become a starter for Miller.

Natyazhko is a good corner for Miller to build around. He has the big shoes of Jordan Hill to step into.

Miller and his staff are still in play for small forward Solomon Hill, who originally committed to Arizona. He withdrew his commitment when Lute Olson retired, and re-opened his commitment when Miller was named head coach.

Hill appears to prefer Miller's up-tempo system to Tim Floyd's deliberate system.

Victor Rudd, a 6'8" small forward from Las Vegas, is also considering the Wildcats.

Stealing Hill from USC would be great. I'm really happy to see that Miller's getting this program back to stability so quickly. A lot of people are talking about this program not being back on its feet until the 2010-2011 season, but I think that at the pace Miller's going, we could easy be ready to go this coming season. I don't see anything standing in the way of Miller and the program. Plus, what with the Scum Devils losing Pendergraph and Harden, I think that their "streak" of beating us is over.

We'll be back next year and we'll win again

Arizona Football - Duel in the Desert Intro Video 2008 from Arizona Athletics on Vimeo.

That video, despite its age and despite the many times I've watched it, still sends chills down my spine.

Seeing Arizona win the Territorial Cup by beating the Scum Devils of Average Students University was an epic experience. In fact, it's probably the greatest sports experience I've ever had in my life, and I've seen the White Sox win a World Series and the Bulls win multiple NBA Championships.

But nothing compares to the absolute adrenaline rush that came from rushing the field after we stomped ASU.

I screamed so much that it hurt my head, for some reason, if I spoke too loudly after the game.

Things are definitely looking up for Arizona football this year. I think that we'll recover from losing Thomas and Tuitama (among others) and while I'm not going to predict something along the veins of my Arizona dynasty in NCAA Football 09, in which I've won 9 straight national championships with Arizona, I think that we're on the way up in the Pac-10. I predict we'll go bowling again next year and we'll march to Tempe to keep the Territorial Cup. ASU may legally own the trophy, but we'll be more than happy to hold onto it for another year.

That was disappointing

As some of you may be aware, (and for the rest of you, you're about to find out) I'm a big Arizona Wildcats fan mainly because I'm a student at THE University of Arizona.

I watched our game against Louisville today.

Am I disappointed? Yes.

Am I still happy that we made it this far and managed to keep the streak alive and managed to go farther in the tournament than the Scum Devils of Average Students University? Yes.

Am I very pissed that Louisville decided to go the classless route and ran up the score at the end of the game? Absolutely. There was absolutely no reason for them to do what they did and I'm deeply disturbed by the display of classlessness. It was completely inappropriate.

Oh well. There's always next year. Bear Down, Arizona as always.