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At Red-Blue Game – NBA Guys in the House

by on Oct. 22, 2011, under Sports

In 20-plus years of covering the Cats I never thought it would come to a sellout at the Red-Blue Game.  That’s the state of affairs here at UA these days. Midnight Madness games were nothing like this. With 20 minutes left before it starts there’s about 10,000 people in the building with about 4,000 yet to come.

Just introduced into McKale Center were Jason Terry (Dallas Mavericks), Channing Frye (Phoenix Suns), Chase Budinger (Houston Rockets), Michael Dickerson (retired), Jordan Hill (Houston Rockets), Jerryd Bayless (Toronto), Andre Iguadala (Philadelphia 76ers), Richard Jefferson (San Antonio Spurs) and Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves, second round). And don’t forget former coach Lute Olson. Big day. Expectations high.

The one thing – among many – head coach Sean Miller has done is embrace the past. He’s well aware it means everything for the future.

 

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Looks like freshman Nick Johnson dunked his way to a dunk title with a between the legs move on a left-handed dunk to easily win the contest. Not a surprise, though, in that Johnson can jump like no one since Richard Jefferson or Hassan Adams.

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  • JONATHAN RICE

    another example of what the feeble editrorial staff at the tucson citizebn passes off a journalism where’s the who, what when, why how of the first sentence? this is not journalism, it’ a facebook posting. no wonder no one considers the TC a real newspaper

  • http://none Jim Bodkins

    This is a blog son.
     
    Use a spellchecker.

  • http://wildaboutazcats.net Javier Morales

    Jonathon, chill. I don’t think people are gathering around the water cooler at work discussing how TucsonCitizen. com is not a “real newspaper.” Rivera is simply writing about his impression of the Red-Blue scrimmage drawing from his memory. He covered the Cats for two decades. I learned what former UA players who are in the NBA attended the scrimmage and about Nick Johnson’s dunking prowess compared to a couple of former Cats Rivera covered. Nothing wrong with that.

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