Sonoran Hot Reads: Nowhere in the Pac-12 comes close to McKale Center

Arizona has the best college basketball venue in the conference...by far

A lot of college basketball fans know that McKale Center is one of the best environments in the sport. But when ESPN ranked the Pac-12 venues, they went a step above, saying: "The Wildcats sell out 14,655 seats every night, they're almost always good, and they almost never lose at home. Venue-wise, nowhere in the Pac-12 comes close." Those that weren’t close? UW at No. 2, Colorado at No. 3, and Utah in 4th. I would have thought Utah would get a better mark based on what Arizona players have told me in the past

- Speaking of Colorado and someone that used to play in McKale, Kyle Fogg won The Basketball Tournament MVP and got some cash. Hopefully he’ll pay back Derrick Williams now

say no more,meet you when I'm in Cali at 7am doee wit @solohill https://t.co/J3XaJHZRtI

— Kyle Fogg (@KFogg21) August 3, 2016

- Jon Rothstein broke down the Pac-12 in his latest podcast, and also had Bobby Hurley on as a guest

- Arizona made the final five schools for SG Gary Trent Jr.

Football

- The Wildcats report to campus on Wednesday. Here’s three questions that Ted Miller has heading into camp

- Week Five may be the best week the Pac-12 has to offer

- A week like that could be why the conference is the most likely to have a two-loss champion this year

- Is USC really a sleeper to make the College Football Playoff this year?

- Remember some of the weird things that happened last year?

- Ka’Deem Carey appears to be making a pretty big impact at Bears camp in the early going

- Here are five offensive players that you should keep an eye on throughout fall camp

- Arizona is the 54th-best program all-time according to the AP. Higher or lower than you thought? And yes, I’m sorry I forgot that the 90’s were actually mostly good

- Twitterbag returned to answer questions about possible upgrades to football’s facilities and more

Baseball

- Kevin Newman is now the 51st-ranked player on Baseball America’s top prospects list. Newman is hitting .324 in Double-A

- Jett Bandy has a new number, but is still hitting dingers for the Angels

Jett takes flight in the 5th inning! His 2-run homer ties up this ballgame.

It's 2-2 as we move to the 6️⃣️ http://pic.twitter.com/7LMImDs4m2

— Angels (@Angels) August 3, 2016

Other sports

- Women’s soccer is ranked 20th in the preseason poll

Add us on Snapchat (ArizonaWSoccer)! We're about to deliver some season tickets!#BearDown http://pic.twitter.com/11yyAohkwJ

— Arizona Soccer (@ArizonaWSoccer) August 3, 2016

Tucson news

- Be sure to go vote for all of the Elite Eight matchups in the Tucson Restaurant Tournament

- The Tucson Mountain Park will be expanding thanks to a donation by a U of A plant pathologist

- Vail Unified had to evacuate two high schools and send those students to Cienega thanks to significant flooding in the area

Who says Tucson doesn't have rivers? http://pic.twitter.com/jFjDLf27BP

— AZ Desert Swarm (@azdesertswarm) August 2, 2016

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