Citizen Staff Writer
RealFAST WEEK IN REVIEW
1 USC’s Floyd may lose recruit after rejecting UA: Before Sean Miller was hired as the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Arizona, University of Southern California coach Tim Floyd rejected the job. Then Solomon Hill said he may reject USC. Hill, a guard-forward, first said he would go to UA, then switched to USC. Update: Hill said he will come to UA to play for Miller.
2 3,000 at Tucson Tea Party protest bailouts, stimulus: Tucsonans by the thousands assembled in El Presidio Park downtown April 15. They weren’t there to file their income tax returns, but to protest the stimulus package, federal bailouts, immigration, abortion and the first 100 days of the Obama administration.
3 Miller sells UA program to Dan Patrick: A Citizen blog told how new coach Sean Miller went on the nationally syndicated “Dan Patrick Show,” telling the radio host how he will pitch the UA program to prospective recruits: “There’s never been a . . . time where there’s more opportunity to play as a freshman.”
4 Dozens of U.S. citizens deported: In a drive to crack down on illegal immigrants, the United States has locked up or thrown out dozens, probably many more, of its own citizens over the past eight years, The Associated Press reported.
5 New UA center ready for taunts from ASU fans: Another UA basketball recruiting drama. Center Kyryl Natyazhko, who chose Arizona over Arizona State, expects to get razzed by Sun Devil fans when UA plays basketball in Tempe.
Compiled by MARK KIMBLE
mkimble@tucsoncitizen.com