Olde Tyme Base Ball Photographe
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The college baseball season is still more than a month away but the University of Arizona unveiled the rebranded Hi Corbett Field, both to the media and the fans.

The marketing push has given the UA baseball program a higher profile than in recent years and increased season ticket sales.

It also uncovered a forgotten record.

The Wildcats’ connection to Hi Corbett stretches back for decades and, on a Friday night in the spring of 1940, the old stadium witnessed one of the greatest pitching performances in school history.

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Kevin Parrom isn’t dealing with your typical injury.
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The cliché Arizona Wildcats fan response during the second half (Second quarter? Second play?) of a bad football loss is to ask, “When does basketball season start?”

Losing an exhibition game to a Division II team takes the punch out of that one.

As the hoops regular season begins tonight it appears Arizona Basketball is headed for a transition year. Not like the football team transitioning from one coach to another but transitioning from a peak season while waiting for the next rapidly approaching peak.

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Florida, the Confetti State.
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Something incredible happened at this year’s College World Series.

The University of Florida did not win it.

The Gators have been the kings of the college sports scene with national championships in both football and men’s basketball. Who else can claim success across multiple sports?

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It's all about the trophies.
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It’s been a quiet summer for college sports.

Well, there have been scandals and rumors of scandals but after last year’s tectonic shifts this summer has been downright placid.

Unless someone wants to start whispers of Alabama and Auburn to the Pac-12 we have time out west for more reflection. Arizona‘s place in Pac-10 basketball history has been established. Where do the Wildcats fit in on a national level?

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Sean Elliott will have something to say about this.
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One school boasts John Wooden. The other school boasts the guy who broke Wooden’s conference wins record.

In the summer of 1978 UCLA was three years removed from Wooden’s retirement. Arizona was the new kid on the block and five years away from hiring Lute Olson.

What followed were 33 years of the biggest and best basketball rivalry in the west. But which program was the best in the Pac-10?

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