Sonoran Hot Reads: Arizona hosts Josh Jackson and Billy Preston

Big recruiting weekend

With an extremely full McKale Center, and an electric atmosphere for a Winter Break game, the Arizona Wildcats had a big recruiting weekend. Not only was 2016's No. 1 player Josh Jackson on campus for the game, but the No. 7 player in the 2017 class Billy Preston was also in Tucson taking everything in:

Arizona what's good !? http://pic.twitter.com/AJZvMNu0l5

— ♕Billy Preston☃⛽️ (@nolimitbill) December 20, 2015

- Dusan Ristic may have had his coming out party in that UNLV game too

- ESPN breaks down the current Pac-12 recruiting classes, including Arizona's chances at landing Josh Jackson

Football

- Even though 2015 feels like a disappointment, it's still the end of the best four years in program history

- Arizona offered 2017 four-star defensive lineman Martin Andrus over the weekend

- Watch out for Orlando Bradford in 2016

- Here's Rich Rodriguez receiving the New Mexico Bowl trophy

Baseball

- 2018 LHP Randy Abshier committed to Arizona. Perfect Game is very high on his development potential, saying "the sky is the limit".

Other sports

- Women's basketball has been unable to pick up a win in its first two games in Puerto Rico

Tucson news

- Police are investigating a suspicious death in Catalina

- I went to Winterhaven for the first time in a long time and it's still pretty awesome

Sunset behind A Mountain @whatsuptucson http://pic.twitter.com/4kr0afOIIg

— Damon Cruz (@DCKobra) December 20, 2015

Dear @whatsuptucson please share w/ "all noble heroin users and G people of the night" near 6th/Alvernon http://pic.twitter.com/xUrCJ8ecK7

— DirtyBirds Boo (@SenoraNalgona) December 21, 2015

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