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World Wide Wildcats — News of UA athletes new and old

by on Nov. 12, 2009, under Sports

Welcome to our second installment of WWW. We lead off with a former football coach who writes a periodic newspaper column … you be the judge at which job he is better at.

Damon Stoudamire is part of the best backcourt in Arizona history, at least according to one ranking.

Damon Stoudamire is part of the best backcourt in Arizona history, at least according to one ranking.

Palm Springs Desert Sun: Ex-Arizona coach John Mackovic writes that the man who succeeded him, Mike Stoops, is one of the top two candidates for Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

Wildaboutazcats.com: Ranking the top 10 backcourts in Arizona history. No. 1 on this list? Khalid Reeves and Damon Stoudamire.

NBA.com: Former Wildcat Andre Iguodala is known for his highlight dunks with the Philadelphia 76ers, but this story examines his defense and ranks as one of the league’s top two-way players. Says Sixers coach Eddie Jordan: “I call him ‘TCP.’ The complete package.”

USA Today: Ex-Cat Josh Pastner, the new head coach at Memphis, signed one of the nation’s top basketball classes this week.

Rivals.com: Ranking the Top 25 college basketball coaches. No. 1 is North Carolina’s Roy Williams, followed by Michigan Stats’ Tom Izzo and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski. Where does Sean Miller fall on the list?

Previous World Wide Wildcats:
Oct. 29

Anthony Gimino can be reached at anthonygimino (at) gmail.com



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