Sonoran Hot Reads: Arizona becomes 2-seed in bracketology projections

Could they get to the one line eventually?

After an impressive win over the UCLA Bruins, the Arizona Wildcats now find themselves at the center of the national college basketball conversation. Not surprisingly, they made a big jump up the rankings, but also hopped on up to the two-line in the bracketologies of both Sporting News and ESPN. Maybe it’s just me, but Arizona/Indiana in round two sounds like a good time

- The complete performance on Saturday with Allonzo Trier now also has people thinking this team is primed for a title run. As Jon Rothstein says, there is a new dawn in Tucson now that the Wildcats have Trier back. It also leads to us predicting no worse than 16-2 in conference now

- Speaking of Trier, he could be starting soon. We’ll have a lot more on him and the whole starting lineup thing in the coming days

- Arizona moved up to fifth in these rankings while UCLA fell to 7th. 5-6-7 from the same conference? Ok

- Lauri Markkanen was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. Somehow, he’s the first UA player to win it this year

- Dillon Brooks did not play for Oregon on Saturday, and his timetable to return is unclear. Arizona goes to Eugene next Saturday

- Gabe York was named 2nd-team All-Showcase at a D-League event this past weekend

- Arizona offered Bol Bol this weekend. He is the son of Manute Bol, and is the 14th-ranked player of the 2018 class

Football

- ASU’s offensive coordinator left for Auburn. Also, Oregon’s getting rid of their new co-offensive coordinator thanks to a DUI

- Arizona commit Tony Wallace says he has shut down his recruitment. On the flip side, several Sun Belt schools are making a run at Troy Young

- It’s never a bad time to start talking about Arizona’s quarterback situation

- This youngster appears to be an ASU fan

Lmaooo U of A players paid a visit to my baby cousin in the hospital... she's clearly an ASU fan. http://pic.twitter.com/2JLiK1QSlj

— Brooke ➳ (@BrookeFoland) January 22, 2017

Baseball

- Scott Kingery was named the 7th-best second baseman prospect in the game

- MLB lost a couple of players on Sunday morning. Shelley Duncan offered up these thoughts on Andy Marte

Other sports

- Arizona has put Cedric Dempsey and Rocky LaRose on the committee to find a new athletic director. Wildcat Radio talked about Greg Byrne along with plenty of other stuff

- Men’s golf hosted the majority of the first two rounds of a tournament on Monday

Tucson news

- Two people died when a small plane crashed at Tucson International Airport on Monday

- A car and a school bus full of kids ran into each other near Empire HS. No children were injured

Sunset in Arizona, spectacular as usual http://pic.twitter.com/jPmAQVJJx3

— Whitney Clark (@whitneyclarktv) January 24, 2017

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