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Nic Wise reaches for a rebound against UCLA in the 2010 PAC-10 Tournament. Jeff Gross/Getty Images

Traveling on the basketball court is a bad thing. Traveling to get to a basketball court can be a great thing. Nic Wise can now be considered a world-class basketball traveler. The former Arizona Wildcat point guard inked a deal on Friday to play for Saint Thomas Basket (STB) Le Havre, a Pro A division team in France’s Ligue Nationale de Basketball.

After graduating from the UA in 2010, Wise headed to Germany last season to play for Telekom Baskets Bonn where he averaged more than 14 points per game.

Said Wise Via Twitter:    

“SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE! Its official yall, God is good! France baby”

“Anybody know French?”

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BURNS: EXCELLENT

Cleveland Indians fans should familiarize themselves with the name Cory Burns. The former Wildcat nailed down his 30th save of the season for the Akron Aeros on Aug. 3 to set the new single-season mark for an Indians’ Double-A affiliate. He’s since upped his mark to 31.

The Tribes recent trade of minor league hurlers RHP Joe Gardner, LHP Drew Pomeranz and RHP Alex White to Colorado for Ubaldo Jimenez might have just opened a clear path for Burns to the Bigs.

Burns was an eighth-round draft pick for Cleveland in the 2009 draft.

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TWITTER

“In DC on our way to the white house to meet the president!”

- Ex-Cat Ricky Elmore joining his new Green Bay Packer teammates at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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“What's good san diego! Up early. Fishing with the pops and bro! “- Arizona hoops recruit Nick Johnson

“Headed to the OC fair! I’ve heard rumors of fried koolaid–cardiac arrest for short. Anything else I need to try at least once?”

- Lamb fries, world class track and field athlete and former Wildcat Brianna Glenn…lamb fries.

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“Heading to the Indiana Zoo pictures to come. zoos,fairs, waterparks, and museums better get ready for the Fryes. #familytrips”

- Channing Frye getting out and seeing the country during the NBA lockout

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“I went from dream chasing, to dream catching.”

- Arizona forward Solomon Hill

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“Getting after these errands this am! Attacking them like a fastball right down the middle… Going deep!”

- Former Wildcat great and USA softball star Jennie Finch

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“I’m bout to crash but before that I want the world to know I’m part or #teamscruffy and I need an edge up bad”

- UA wide receiver Dan Buckner doesn’t have time to shave during preseason workouts

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“I love running on the beach in the morning”

- Chase Budinger taking a different approach to the locked-out NBA season than Frye.

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POLL

HI CORBETT NEW LOOK, NEW WILD TENANTS

The Arizona baseball team made it official this week and will move into Hi Corbett Field starting in the 2012 season. Read more on the move here.

Now that it’s official, we might as well ask again…

WEB

While Nic Wise continues his playing career in France, another former Wildcat point guard is furthering his career on the sidelines. Jason Gardner agreed last week to become an assistant coach at Loyola University Chicago.

Gardner spent last season coaching Cathedral High School in his hometown of Indianapolis. Wise, spent much of his post-Wildcat career playing on the hard courts of Germany.

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YOUTUBE

Some might argue this is the best fight song in “recorder” history…

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