Arizona women’s basketball moves up one spot in Associated Press Top 25

A few years ago, Arizona fans would have been thrilled to see the women’s basketball team ranked No. 22, sporting a 16-5 record, tied for fourth in the conference at 6-4 with eight games to go, and firmly in the field for the NCAA Tournament. In 2023, the question is why they aren’t even better. It’s the price of success for a head coach and a program.

To all Pac-12 Player of the Year voters: Azuolas Tubelis just made your decision a lot easier. Tubelis scored a career-high 40 points, one off the McKale Center record for an Arizona player, and the fifth-ranked Wildcats used an early 21-2 run to take control en route to a 91-76 win over Oregon on Thursday night.

The 5th-ranked Arizona Wildcats open a February full of home games by hosting the Oregon Ducks, whom they lost to by 19 last month on the road. Here’s everything you need to know to watch or listen to the game, as well as our pregame coverage. Come chat with us!

Jedd Fisch is a selfish man. The Arizona football coach could have let Arizona’s basketball teams have the spotlight, you know, with the men ranked fifth in the country and the women 22nd. Both are in the midst of excellent seasons and are deserving of all the attention they can get.

In the midst of Azuolas Tubelis having a career night, one that solidified his case for Pac-12 Player of the Year and prompted some national college basketball folks to actually consider him for bigger accolades, a debate flared up in AZ Desert Swarm’s Twitter mentions about whether or not Kerr Kriisa was the worst Arizona point guard in the past 30 years.

The 5th-ranked Arizona Wildcats look for a sixth consecutive win when they host the Oregon State Beavers. Here’s everything you need to know to watch or listen to the game, as well as our pregame coverage. Arizona-Oregon State game time, details:. Date: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Time: 7:30 p.m....