Sonoran Hot Reads: McKale’s floor needs the old Arizona logo

Oh yeah, this needs to happen

On Thursday, the Arizona Wildcats’ 2017 recruiting class grew to four thanks to the anticipated commitment of Ira Lee. So how can Arizona basketball get any better? How about this new floor design? Alejandro Alvarez, who works for sports marketing and athletics, tweeted out this combo of the new floor and the old cactus logo, and it is absolutely perfect and needs to be made a reality:

Fun with photoshop http://pic.twitter.com/4OvGTuJRJ7

— Alejandro Alvarez (@MKTGAlvarez) October 21, 2016

- The Wildcats will start the year 11th in the Coaches Poll

- Lauri Markkanen was named to the Karl Malone Award watch list, which is given to the nation’s top power forward. Markkanen was also the majority choice among our writers on who was the most impressive at the Red-Blue Game

- If you haven’t done so yet, read Ryan’s big 2016-17 basketball preview this weekend

Football

- If you don’t like jokes, don’t read this, but Arizona does make an appearance in the why are we so awful category

- Check out these highlights of Arizona commit Brian Casteel

- Mike Leach was fined $10,000 for his comments about ASU’s sign stealing

- Thoughts on BYU’s fake punt?

This is the worst fake punt of all time. End of discussion. http://pic.twitter.com/oa6exx8RBB

— Kyle Bonagura (@BonaguraESPN) October 21, 2016

Baseball

- Scott Kingery was 1-for-3 with a walk for the Scottsdale Scorpions

- Brandon Dixon was 2-for-4 and walked for the Peoria Javelinas

Watching former @ArizonaBaseball star Scott Kingery at @MLBazFallLeague! http://pic.twitter.com/KtvVJTuDm8

— Ryan Dunn (@RS_Dunn) October 20, 2016

Other sports

- Thursday was Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Day. Arizona was picked to finish last in the conference, but Adia Barnes dominated the pop-a-shot competition

.@AdiaBarnes is your new leader in the clubhouse! Who knew coach was a pop-a-shot master. http://pic.twitter.com/jhisnGSSJs

— Arizona W Basketball (@ArizonaWBBall) October 20, 2016

- Mike Candrea seems to be extremely excited about the amount of depth the softball team has this year

- Not a lot of Arizona players remain in the men’s ITA Southwest Regional

- Soccer lost 1-0 to Oregon

Oregon's stadium isn't conducive for flip-throws, so sometimes you just gotta make space any way you can @ArizonaWSoccer http://pic.twitter.com/tLYKuuULH4

— Ryan Kelapire (@RKelapireUA) October 20, 2016

Tucson news

- No adoption fees at PACC this weekend

- There was a reported assault on the Pima West Campus on Thursday which ended up shutting down the campus for the rest of the day

- Help Sahuarita Intermediate School get musical instruments by casting your vote here

- A woman’s body was found in midtown, and the death is being called suspicious

- Some dogs scared a coati up a power pole

Such a stunning view of the #CatalinaMountains ⛅️ #TopOfTheWorld : @mostultz http://pic.twitter.com/TzXt2BFnde

— Tucson AZ (@VisitTucsonAZ) October 19, 2016

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