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Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Hardwood

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The images are endlessly etched in the minds of Arizona basketball fans, from Miles Simon falling to the court clutching the basketball as Arizona won its first and only NCAA title in 1997, to Lute Olson’s hair being mussed in the process, to Jason Terry sleeping in his uniform for four consecutive games in the midst of the entire madness. All are indelible in Wildcats history as Arizona calmly drove the winding and bumpy road to the Final Four and beyond. Before Simon, Terry, and Olson, then again, there were the likes of Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, Fred Enke, and Pop McKale—all pivotal figures in Arizona’s hoops history. There were also Fred Snowden, Mo and Stewart Udall, and a host of others who helped bring prominence to a school in search of respect in the Southwest first, and then in the rest of the nation. Arizona’s rise has made them one of television’s will have to-see teams and some of the country’s top winning programs over the past 25 years. In Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Hardwood, creator Steve Rivera takes readers back to the time when James Pierce wanted to be more of a movie idol than a coach. They’ll learn about the troubled times of the 1950s and ’60s when racial tensions were high and how Arizona’s first black player, Hadie Redd, dealt with them. Rivera also details Arizona’s participation in the Border Conference, its switch to the Western Athletic Conference, and its current dominance of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Fans will hear from Bob “Big Bird” Elliott, who helped Snowden achieve heights never before seen in the UA program as it fell one game short of the Final Four; from favorite son Steve Kerr, who suffered heartache and achieved hero status whilst at Arizona; and about the ups and downs of Miles Simon, the Most Valuable Player of UA’s NCAA championship, as he became a star whilst in an Arizona uniform. The troubles the program has faced are also detailed, like Ben Lindsey failing as coach in his one and only year; the academic troubles of Simon and Joseph Blair; and the unfortunate death of Bobbi Olson, Coach Lute Olson’s wife of 47 years. Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Hardwood is sure to be a will have to-have book for any true Arizona fan.

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