For Star subscribers: The Star's Greg Hansen checks on why the Pac-12's inaction may hurt the Wildcats in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, why Salpointe Catholic's girls basketball program has broken through, and why few locals have played for the…
Greg Hansen The Star's Greg Hansen checks on why the Pac-12's inaction may hurt the Wildcats in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, why Salpointe Catholic's girls basketball program has broken through, and a look at how few locals have played for the Wildcats:
Arizona failed to help its cause by shooting poorly in late-season losses to Colorado, UCLA, WSU and ASU. The loss of injured All-Pac-12 forward Cate Reese contributed to three of those losses. But Arizona’s body of work still puts it in play for a No. 4 seed with Iowa, Tennessee, LSU, Michigan, Maryland, Indiana and especially Oregon.
Getting a No. 4 seed is paramount in becoming a first-weekend host. Only twice in the last five seasons has a team seeded below No. 4 hosted first-weekend games: No. 7 seed Kansas State was a host in 2017 when No. 2 Stanford did not bid to be a host. In 2016, No. 5 seed Mississippi State became a host when No. 4 seed Michigan State did not bid.
Salpointe almost seemed cursed in women’s hoops. In 2003, coach Pete Fajardo coached what was probably the school’s most potent girls basketball team ever to a 31-1 record and the state finals. That team, led by center Sybil Dosty, Tucson’s most highly-recruited girls basketball player of the last 25 years, then ran into 34-0 Gilbert Highland and lost the title game at the buzzer.
Perhaps, like prep football in Arizona, this will someday lead to an Open Division for the state’s elite girls basketball programs. It isn’t 1995 any more. Last week, Hurley announced he will leave his coaching position at Amphi and remain on the faculty in his role in the physical education department. Hurley has been at Amphi since 1996, getting into coaching with long-time Amphi head coach Pat Derksen more than 20 years ago.
Tucson soccer program gets national accoladeFC Tucson Youth expanded to a national level last week, accepting an invitation to the Girls Academy League, a group that includes 87 top soccer organizations in America. My two cents: Cats have won without local on rosterAfter Arizona’s win over Stanford on Thursday, Cardinal junior guard Sam Beskind joined with his high school coach, Catalina Foothills’ Doug D’Amore, his ex-Falcons teammate Will Menaugh, now a UA walk-on forward, and about 15 friends and family members.
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