On Monday afternoon it became official. Shortly after 5:00 Tucson time the fax machine in the Arizona basketball office roared to life and the Letter of Intent from Grant Jerrett slowly emerged from the world of interstate fiber optics. With that the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation became official.

Although Jerrett was the first player in the class to commit, he was the last to sign. Monday was the first day the 6-9 big man could sign in front of all his family and his high school principal. He signed the documents at a formal event at his school, La Verne Lutheran. Read the rest of this entry »

The Wildcat players claimed that Sean Miller did not yell and scream after their 69-68 loss to Seattle Pacific, but it did take them nearly 30 minutes to get to the media room after the game. Solomon Hill and Jesse Perry addressed the media.

Wildcat coach Sean Miller came in next and was mostly calm about the night’s game. Here are his opening remarks and the first few questions.

One of the key factors in Arizona’s 69-68 loss to Seattle Pacific University was rebounding. The Wildcats were out-rebounded 29-20, but that was hardly the whole story.

The Wildcats’ four big men combined for just four rebounds, two less than starting small forward Solomon Hill and only two more than guard Brendon Lavender had in just eight minutes of play. In fact, Lavender had more rebounds than three of the bigs and had as many as starting power forward Jesse Perry.

“Tonight I look at our five position and I think we had one defensive rebound,” said Sean Miller. “It’s petty hard to win when you have just one defensive rebound from your five.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Red/Blue game is just a few days away and already the Wildcat players are looking forward to it.

Arizona seniors Jesse Perry and Kyle Fogg sat down with the media to discuss the Red/Blue game, their early impressions of the team, the three-guard line-up and whether or not they miss Midnight Madness.

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It has obviously been a challenging few weeks for Arizona junior Kevin Parrom and the Arizona basketball program. Parrom was shot in the leg a few weeks ago and Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller had to deal with the incident as both a basketball coach and a surrogate father figure.

Miller addressed the incident during Arizona’s basketball media day. Read the rest of this entry »