The Arizona Wildcats have missed the postseason for the first time in 37 years (36 seasons) after going 29-25 with a conference record of 6-18 which led to a 8th place finish in the Pac-12.

Justin Spears just tweeted this, certainly curious as to who it might be. As usual though… Jedd and his staff always have a plan they’re working.

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Login to view embedded media Hey guys, we are one day away from finding out what team four-star edge rusher Elijah Rushing will be committing to with him making his announcement tomorrow at 2 p.m. (MST) live from the Salpointe training room.

As a reminder, he announced his final four teams with Arizona, Oregon, Norte Dame and Tennessee making the cut. However, Rushing has narrowed his list down (although the other hats will be on the table) to two teams and those teams are Oregon and Arizona.

Now, I wanted to give you guys a personal update ahead of his announcement. Today I will be having surgery to fix an issue that I've had for the past 4-to-5 years and have had procedures done over the last two years to try to correct. Those procedures didn't work and I have elected to go with the surgery.

Obviously, I should be resting and not doing much (I will be still writing and doing updates) over the next several days. However, since I am the main person in charge of Arizona here in Tucson and Rushing is in town and at Salpointe. I wanted to let you know that we will still have coverage for tomorrow's announcement and that despite being on pain meds and a day removed from surgery, I will be going to the live decision for Rushing and getting video content, photos and an interview with him after he picks which school he goes to no matter if it is Oregon, or Arizona.

I just wanted you guys to know, that despite having surgery the day prior, I will make sure we have full coverage of the Rushing decision.

Hey guys, I know it's been a while since we've brought up any news on realignment, TV deals and additional schools to the Pac-12.

Let's start this off by saying that the Pac-12 still feels like it will be in position to secure a TV/online contract where most of the games are on TV, but a good chunk will be on Apple, or Amazon. Those two companies are players in these talks.

Now, all the talk about providers such as CW, ION, FreeForm or any non-sports related channels being in the conversation are completely false and falsely reported by some national media members.

Now, with that being said. The TV deal has taken longer than expected and I'm sure this has made some of the conference members a little uneasy. Yes, I'm sure Arizona, ASU, Oregon, Washington and Colorado have talked to the Big 12, or Big Ten. However, that is just ADs doing their job by keeping all doors open. Still, all the schools are committed to the conference.

The more we get closer to training camp with a TV deal, the higher the odds are someone gets nervous and jumps ship.

The last I've heard, the Pac-12 feels that it will have a deal done sometime mid-June or early July. That is the word as of right now.

When the deal is done, you will see the conference add two programs making it the Pac-12 again. One of those programs for sure is SDSU and they are getting things ready for the move to the conference. The other is up in the air, and programs being talked about are SMU (originally wasn't), UNLV and Fresno State. Now, there could be a sleeper, but those are the three main programs talked about as the second add.

Arizona has landed its 17th commitment for the 2024 class as three-star athlete Turran Williams has announced his commitment to the Wildcats on Twitter this afternoon. Williams is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound athlete that picked UA over offers from Boston College, Utah, Washington and Colorado State.

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Elijah Rushing is the top priority on the board for Arizona, and the local four-star edge rusher recently made the short trip down the road to Arizona for an official visit with his hometown school. Things went well on the visit, and the Wildcats continue to trend in the right direction in his recruitment. There is a clear comfort level for Rushing with the program, and the visit only expanded his feelings on that.

"For me it was amazing just to look a little bit more in the city. I know I'm from here, but there are aspects I haven't seen of the city. Just to go around and see all that, and then just to be with great people overall it was just amazing for me to experience."

Troy caught up with Rushing to discuss the visit and where things stand overall heading into his last official visit of the process this week. He's set on making a decision after this weekend's trip to Tennessee, and he is expecting to commit to a school within the coming weeks.

You can watch the full interview below or read the story at the link above.

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Arizona point guard Kylan Boswell has earned an invite to the USA under-19 training camp in Colorado Springs that will begin June 11. A 12-man team will be selected to take part in the 2023 FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup Championship that begins June 24 in Hungary. Boswell is one of just two Pac-12 players to be invited joining Oregon freshman wing Mookie Cook.

Arizona is hosting its first big June official visit weekend beginning Friday, and the group is highlighted by local star Elijah Rushing who moved his official visit with the Wildcats up from June 16. He has already taken one official visit to UCLA making it an important weekend for the hometown school to impress him before he makes his other trips.

Rushing is one of three four-star prospects expected to take a visit to Arizona this weekend along with Hawaiian offensive lineman Preson Taumua and Bay Area linebacker Naki Tuakoi. Taumua has already visited Arizona this spring, and the Wildcats are building some quality momentum with him.

I would not expect any of the four-star recruits to pull the trigger on a commitment just yet but White, Tuihalamaka and Akuila are all prospects to watch as potential commits by the end of the weekend.

UA will also have a couple previous commits on campus with Brandon Phelps making the trip down from Queen Creek and Isaiah Buxton headed out from San Diego.

Here’s the full list of visitors:

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Login to view embedded media Other OVs: UCLA - May 26, Notre Dame - June 9, Tennessee - June 23, Oregon - TBD

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During the Section 7 event, I talked to four-star shooting guard Isaiah Elohim about where Arizona sits in his recruitment.

Full story: https://arizona.rivals.com/news/ari...iting-update-on-four-star-guard-isaiah-elohim

The old Sean Miller staff first offered Elohim, but Tommy Lloyd and his staff have re-offered the 6-foot-5 guard and have him on their radar.


If you have any questions, go ahead and ask and I'll answer those questions.

Today on Twitter, three-star ATH Peyton Morgan announced that he will be making his college decision on Sunday July 2, at 2 p.m. (CT), so noon our time.

Morgan is picking from Arizona, Texas Tech, TCU, SMU and Nebraska.

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Reading through the lines, it seems that Texas Tech is the heavy favorite for the Texas native. However, Arizona has had more success in the state over the last two recruiting classes.

Any info on who CCH might be looking at. I saw Lev had some names(Bannister was one) and most of those played for us but didn’t really have a long period of experience and turning around a staff

Out of the 2023 class and the new incoming freshmen this training camp, who are you excited to see and read about?

For me, I'm excited to see three-star 6-foot-7, 235-pound edge rusher Tristan Davis. Davis was one of my favorite players in the recruiting class and I can't wait to see what he brings to the table against college-level talent.

Hey guys, I wanted to jump in and share by breakdown of the Wildcats' 2023-24 roster now that it is set. Plus, I dive into the schedule and what I think the additions of the transfers means for Arizona's depth.

There are quotes from coach Tommy Lloyd on individual players, the transfer portal and the highly anticipated non-conference schedule.

Full story: https://arizona.rivals.com/news/arizona-basketball-mid-summer-breakdown-of-the-2023-24-roster

If you have any questions, or want my input a little more, just ask.

Hey guys, just a small update on Arizona target Damarrion White, who was going to announce his commitment decision this weekend. White will now hold off that decision and wait til the H.S. Football season to make that choice.

Just as a refresher, since there are a bunch of commitments already popping this week, here's a look at who's on campus this weekend visiting. It's a wide-ranging group and not the most highly-ranked list of visitors but there are some important targets for the Wildcats.

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Arizona has landed the big fish in four-star forward Carter Bryant, who announced his commitment on YouTube picking the Wildcats over Louisville.

This gives the Wildcats two four-star recruits for the 2024 recruiting class.

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After spending his final season of college basketball at Arizona, guard Courtney Ramey has announced on Instagram that he has signed a deal in the German league with Syntainics MBC.

Login to view embedded media Arizona has now lost a commitment in the 2024 class with three-star linebacker Luke Ferrelli flipping to Stanford today after tweeting about a new Stanford offer on Monday.

Once Ferrelli committed to Arizona, other teams took noticed and Stanford, along with Texas A&M started making a stronger push for the talented linebacker.

Before the Arizona commitment, Ferrelli's offers weren't Power 5 with Air Force, Army and Columbia among other teams interested in him.

Arizona was at No. 33 in the Rivals' team recruiting, but after losing out on Ferelli, the Wildcats have dropped three spots to No. 36. Meanwhile, Stanford now sits at No. 7 nationally with 26 commitments.

Arizona is set to host its second official visit weekend of the month. So far the Wildcats have one public commitment from last weekend's set of trips, and the staff will go back to work this weekend looking to land more. It is an interesting makeup for an official visit group this week and looks much different than the group Jedd Fisch and his staff had on campus last weekend in Tucson.

There are no Arizona commits expected for visits this week, but there a couple prospects committed elsewhere who will be making their way to Tucson. Longtime Washington receiver commit Landon Bell is making his way out from Nevada to see the Wildcats after recently being offered. I watched him this, and he is an impressive player who has a ton of confidence and would provide another boost to the receiver group. Longtime BYU commit Chance Harrison is also headed out to Arizona this weekend for a visit as he continues to evaluate his after committing to the Cougars way back in October.

He is from Oxnard, California and will be joined by another Oxnard resident as safety Dayton Aupiu makes his way back to Arizona for an official visit. The Wildcats are among his top five alongside Penn State, Utah, Cal, and San Diego State.

Arizona's quarterback target most in play for a commitment will also be making his way out for an anticipated official visit with the Wildcats. California signal caller Dermaricus Davis visited UA back in April and then the program came through with an offer to him last month. Arizona is very much in play and a good visit this weekend could put the process into overdrive. He comes from the same area as recruiting staffer Armond Hawkins Jr., so there is a connection there. He has trips coming up to Oregon State and Washington later this month, but he's one to keep a close watch on this weekend.

I'd say the same is the case for in-state offensive lineman Matthew Lado, who has become a priority target for the staff at the offensive tackle position.

Arguably the most intriguing visitor of the weekend is junior college tight end Connor Gilbreath. He is currently a member of the 2024 class, but that is not expected to stick at this stage. As a full qualifier, he could join a team for the upcoming season and there are several programs in the mix looking to add him late. Arizona is the first among of a string of schools to host him in the coming weeks with official visits to LSU, Mississippi State and NC State all slated for the rest of the month.

One thing that makes the 6-foot-6 prospect interesting is that he is already planning on a position switch in college. At this point he is planning to join a team this season as a tight end before putting on weight and transitioning to offensive line in the 2024 season. It is certainly unique, but so far the schools in play are on the same page with him on that. UA offensive line coach Brennan Carroll has been leading Gilbreath's recruitment.

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Arizona has picked up a commitment from Bend (Ore.) Summit tight end Charlie Crowell today. He visited UA, Cal and Washington State throughout the month, but eventually he decided Tucson, where he visited first, is the place he wants to call home. I like what he brings to the table and was a bit of a late bloomer. So, I think this could be a quality pickup for the Arizona staff in the long run. He fits in with what Jordan Paopao is looking for at the position, so it's a nice one for the Cats.

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Audric Harris is a really nice pickup for the Wildcats. He had some big offers and will add some more quality for the receiver room.

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Azuolas Tubelis had a productive day at the NBA combine during 5-on-5 action. A lot of players opted out of the 5-on-5 portion of the combine allowing players like Tubelis an opportunity to showcase their skills. The Arizona power forward went 5 for 11 from the field to finish with 11 points along with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 20 minutes.

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Arizona has added BYU transfer kicker Cash Peterman today. He is making the move after two seasons with the Cougars after limited playing time. He's appeared in three games throughout his career and was mostly used as a kickoff man. He has some impressive clips on his social media accounts of him kicking from distance, so there is some promise there. He'll add some depth to the group and is a Chandler High alum, so it keeps the in-state momentum going for UA. He'll have three seasons of eligibility with the Wildcats.

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Arizona has officially announced its game against Alabama in Phoenix as part of the Hall of Fame games happening around the country.

Plus, the women's team will play Gonzaga at the Footprint Center as well on the same day on Dec. 20.

Times for the games have yet to be announced.

So far TJ Nichols, Matt Bingham and Cam Lilaberte have entered the portal.

Nichols is still rated as our top draft eligible pitcher and Bingham should be drafted but will it be high enough? Lilaberte hit .300 and threw out 10 runners which was pretty darn good.

Not sure if we can coax any of them to return but kind of sobering to see this kind of talent leave