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TEAMING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Giving back to the Southern Arizona community that supports all our programs is at the core of our athletics department. Community service is a vital component of our student-athlete experience and is a huge part of the work done by our coaches and staff.
Coach Miller and Coach Barnes have teamed up for our latest example of #CatsGiveBack. They are hosting toy drives this week in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Tucson. Arizona Women's Basketball will hold a Teddy Bear Toss at Thursday's game versus Tennessee State at 6:30 p.m. (MST). Fans are encouraged to bring a new stuffed animal as a donation and join the rest of the McKale crowd in tossing them onto the court at halftime.
Donated, unwrapped toys will be accepted at the entrances of McKale Center on Saturday night ahead of Arizona Men's Basketball's 8 p.m. (MST) game versus No. 6 Gonzaga. Drop off your donated gift, for boys and girls ages 7 to 12, in the bins near each entrance on your way into the game.
Both head coaches will host a special event later this month to deliver the donated toys to the Boys & Girls Club of Tucson. Thank you for helping our athletics department make a difference in our community!
MADE FOR IT PODCAST
Arizona Athletics is excited to officially release the
Made For It: Adia Barnes Podcast! This new, exclusive content features Coach Barnes and various other Wildcats, including Coach Miller who is the guest on the first episode. The podcast is a great listen for any Arizona fan, and it will include plenty of other Wildcats as guests. Subscribe, download, tune in and Bear Down with the newest piece of Wildcat content.
BASEBALL ALUMNI WEEKEND
We are inviting all Arizona Baseball letterwinners, former managers and coaches for a great weekend of reconnecting and camaraderie with the program. Arizona Athletics and the A-Club would like to invite you to the 2020 Baseball Alumni Weekend on January 24 and 25. The festivities will include an alumni scrimmage at Hi Corbett on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 25. Come return to Southern Arizona to reunite with your fellow Wildcats and to Bear Down. For more information, please visit
www.azaclub.com.
HOME GAME DEALS
As Arizona Men's Basketball winds down its non-conference season, we've got some great ticket options for Pac-12 play starting in 2020. Catch the Wildcats in action in McKale's outstanding atmosphere with two new ticket packages.
The Family Four-Pack is the perfect plan for any Wildcat family, which includes four tickets and concession vouchers for just $95. This plan is available for all Thursday night home games in conference play, which includes Utah, USC, Oregon State and Washington State.
Click here to purchase now while supplies last.
Pac-12 home games are also available in our new Pick-Two Pack, which allows you to pick any two of our Thursday night games and get upper level seats for $40 and seats in a mid-level area for $100. You can buy your Pick-Two Pack by clicking
here.
SWIMMING RECAP FROM MIDWEST
Arizona Swimming & Diving turned in an excellent performance at the Minnesota Invitational last week, the first championship meet of the 2019-20 season. Competing against some of the best teams in the nation, both our men's and women's teams had plenty of very strong individual performances that give the program a lot of confidence moving into the spring championship portion of the schedule.
In Minnesota, our swimmers earned 58 total NCAA-qualifying cuts, including three NCAA "A" cuts, which are automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships. On the men's side, Arizona won five races; only defending national champion Cal (six) and defending national runners-up Texas (12) had more. Brooks Fail won a gold, a silver and a bronze at the meet and swam the second fastest 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle as well as third fastest 1000 freestyle in the country this year. The men's team currently sits in eighth in the national rankings.
The Cats will be back in the pool for a home meet at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center on Thursday, Jan. 2 and Friday, Jan. 3 as they will look for more impressive performances.
BAY AREA TRIP
Want to catch Coach Miller and the Wildcats in action in the Bay Area? You can get a ticket and hotel package from Bon Voyage Travel to watch Arizona take on Stanford and Cal during the second week of February.
Click here for more information on this package and Bear Down.
ARIZONA BOWL
The 2019 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl is set with the Wyoming Cowboys and the Georgia State Panthers facing off at Arizona Stadium on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 2:30 p.m. (MST). The event is a great way to put Tucson and Southern Arizona on display and show how great our community is.
We hope you make plans to enjoy the game.
TICKET OFFICE HOLIDAY HOURS
As a reminder to all fans, the McKale Center Ticket Office will be closed for the holidays from Monday, Dec. 23 through Wednesday, Jan. 1. You can always purchase tickets 24 hours a day, seven days a week by
buying online here. The Ticket Office email,
catsinfo@arizona.edu will be monitored throughout the break, for any customer service inquires. In addition, anyone looking to make a year-end gift can do so online by
clicking here.
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Dear fans, supporters and donors, the college football playoffs are approaching and the Compliance Office wants to remind our community that NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes and athletics department staff from (1) betting on any sports sponsored by the NCAA on any level (collegiate, professional or fantasy) and (2) sharing any information for sports wagering purposes. Fans and supporters may not facilitate any student-athlete wagering or attempt to influence the outcome of a game. Please contact the Compliance Office at (520) 621-4796 or
ica-compliance@email.arizona.edu if you have any questions.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
To view the list of upcoming events, broadcast information, start times and stat links, click
HERE. (
Note: All times are listed as Mountain Standard Time, i.e. Tucson time.)
To access live stats from your desktop or mobile device, visit
ArizonaLiveStats.com.
WEAR THE COLORS – SHARE THE PHOTOS
Thank you for wearing the colors and sharing your Arizona pride! If your photo submission did not make this week's edition of the Wildcat Wednesday, please check our "Wear the Colors" album at facebook.com/ArizonaAthletics on Fridays.
NOTE: Please submit photos for Wildcat Wednesday with an original email to uofaad@arizona.edu using the subject line 'Wildcat Wednesday photo.' Also, please ensure all submissions are clear and properly lit. We also ask that you identify everyone in the photo so we can highlight them accordingly.
Continue to do what you can to help Arizona Athletics and:
- Bear Down with us today! Join the Wildcat Club to make an impact on our student-athletes' experience.
- Buy Season Tickets
- Wear the Colors (Especially on Friday)
- Encourage Others to Do the Same
Bear Down with Pride,
Dave Heeke
Director of Athletics
University of Arizona
uofaad@arizona.edu
