1. Lyons Leads Good-Looking Arizona to Third Sweet 16 in Five Years

    SALT LAKE CITY -- Size over smarts. Arizona gave the same treatment to No. 14 Harvard on Saturday that it did to No. 11 Belmont on Thursday. It ended 74-51 for the Wildcats, dropping Harvard's all-time record to 1-4 in the NCAA tournament...

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  2. Arizona Band Member Is the Happiest Guy at the Tournament

    The Arizona Wildcats advanced to the Sweet 16 by running over the Harvard Crimson in a beatdown, 74-51, but the Wildcat with the most energy wasn't on the floor, he was beside it. Don't ever stop dancing, Arizona band member...

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  3. Harvard vs. Arizona: Wildcats Must Continue Hot Shooting to Build on Round 3 Win

    After defeating the Harvard Crimson in the round of 32, the Arizona Wildcats will need to continue to shoot well in order to advance past the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. The No...

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  4. HARV-ARIZ: (1st, 16:36) 3-Ptr by Lyons

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  5. Wildcat Finds His Fire in Ashes of Childhood

    SALT LAKE CITY - Mark Lyons wears No. 2 on his back and a weight on his heart, a reminder of who's not there. When the Xavier guard transferred to the Arizona Wildcats before this season, he chose No...

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  6. Arizona vs Harvard: Why 'Cats Can't Get Too Confident Against Surprising Crimson

    Give it up for the gentlemen from Harvard. After decades of producing presidents, politicians and Nobel Prize winners, the Crimson have recently begun to produce professional athletes like Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jeremy Lin...

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  7. Cats, Crimson Meet Saturday in Salt Lake City

    No. 6 seed Arizona (26-7, 12-6 Pac-12) plays in the 2013 NCAA Tournament's West Region third round against No. 14 seed Harvard (20-9, 11-3 Ivy League) Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah ...

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  8. Hill Surprised with Technical After He, 'Didn't Say Anything'

    The Pac-12 can take a bow on the opening day of the NCAA Tournament. The league, generally thought to be under-seeded in the tourney, went 3-0 on Thursday. Oregon, egregiously seeded at No...

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  9. Wildcats Shut Down Top Shooter

    He was statistically superior but didn't seem dangerous. He led all scorers at halftime but wasn't a walking, shooting emblem of momentum...

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  10. No. 6 Arizona 81, No. 11 Belmont 64

    Once they finished damaging a lot of trendy tournament brackets Thursday, several Arizona Wildcats and their coach said they really didn't mind that a lot of folks said they were supposed to lose...

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  11. Butterflies Vanish on the Floor

    When Grant Jerrett stepped on the EnergySolutions Arena floor on Thursday to play possibly the biggest game of his life so far, his stomach didn't flutter and his head didn't spin. He had already dealt with all of that...

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  12. Arizona vs Belmont: Why Wildcats Suddenly Look Poised for Deep NCAA Tourney Run

    The pieces are finally starting to come together for Sean Miller and Arizona basketball. In its first NCAA tournament win since pounding Duke in 2011, the Wildcats beat Belmont by 17 points on Thursday night...

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  13. Belmont May Stir Up Painful Memories

    I am typing this into my laptop, directly from the Belmont Bruins NCAA tournament guide, hunting-and-pecking to avoid spelling errors: "Ian Clark has emerged as one of the top all-around shooting guards in the nation...

    Jack Scheifly Written by Jack Scheifly about 1 month ago 1 reads 0 comments

  14. Arizona Responds to President Obama's Upset Pick

    President Barack Obama filled out his NCAA Tournament bracket on ESPN for the fifth consecutive season, and one of his early upset picks is Belmont over Arizona...

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  15. Mark Lyons Looking to Get Hot in the NCAA Tournament

    Senior point guard Mark Lyons has the most NCAA Tournament experience of any Arizona player, having appeared in seven games for Xavier. One of those games came right at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City...

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  16. Arizona Basketball: Cats Try to Ignore Bracket Upset Talk

    Seconds after the Arizona Wildcats were announced as a No. 6 seed matched up against No. 11 Belmont in the NCAA tournament, the alerts flashed...

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  17. As Nation's Top 3-Point Artist, Clark Has Wildcats' Attention

    Ian Clark spent the week before Selection Sunday telling his teammates to enjoy the experience. The Belmont Bruins wound up being able to bask in it, waiting almost the entire television show to find out their fate...

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  18. Arizona Basketball: The Defense Can't Rest

    Arizona Wildcats guard Jordin Mayes made only five three-pointers during the Pac-12 Conference season, but still managed to have a pretty good time on the court. The other end of the court, that is...

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  19. What Experts Say About Arizona's 2013 NCAA Tournament Chances

    Arizona Basketball has had a rocky road to the NCAA Tournament, and all the experts have something to say about it—and none of it is nice...

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  20. Pac-12 Reprimands Arizona's Miller, Fines Him $25K for Postgame Incidents

    The Pac-12 Conference announced Sunday it has reprimanded and fined Arizona coach Sean Miller $25,000 for two postgame incidents after the Wildcats’ loss to UCLA in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament...

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  21. Pac-12 Fines Sean Miller for Confronting Official

    The Pac-12 has fined Arizona coach Sean Miller $25,000 and reprimanded him for confronting an official on the floor after the UCLA game...

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  22. Arizona Wildcats' Blueprint to Win the 2013 NCAA Tournament

    Arizona basketball is actually playing the best it has in several months. While it has lost several games and looks like the team is limping into the tournament, there is reason for hope...

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  23. Miller 'Thrilled' with No. 6 Seed

    Arizona coach Sean Miller said he was “thrilled” that the Wildcats will be sent to Salt Lake City as the West Region’s No. 6 seed to face Belmont on Thursday...

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  24. Sean Miller Goes on Rant About Getting a Technical Foul

    Arizona Wildcats coach Sean Miller was called for a technical foul during the game against UCLA after Mark Lyons was called for a double-dribble with 4:37 left...

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  25. One More Time: Arizona-Colorado Could Be Another Classic

    The budding basketball rivalry between Arizona and Colorado will add an important chapter Thursday afternoon. The fourth-seeded Wildcats will take on the fifth-seeded Buffaloes at 2:35 p...

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